đồng sàng dị mộng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 同床異夢.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ saːŋ˨˩ zi˧˨ʔ məwŋ͡m˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˦˩ ʂaːŋ˦˩ jɪj˨˩ʔ məwŋ͡m˨˩ʔ] ~ [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˦˩ saːŋ˦˩ jɪj˨˩ʔ məwŋ͡m˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ ʂaːŋ˨˩ jɪj˨˩˨ məwŋ͡m˨˩˨] ~ [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ saːŋ˨˩ jɪj˨˩˨ məwŋ͡m˨˩˨]

Phrase

đồng sàng dị mộng

1. (literal) same bed, different dreams
2. (figurative) that people live or work together but have very different interests or agendas