đao to búa lớn
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]đao (“kind of sword”) + to (“big”) + búa (“hammer”) + lớn (“big”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːw˧˧ tɔ˧˧ ʔɓuə˧˦ ləːn˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːw˧˧ tɔ˧˧ ʔɓuə˨˩˦ ləːŋ˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːw˧˧ tɔ˧˧ ʔɓuə˦˥ ləːŋ˦˥]
Adjective
[edit]- (idiomatic, of one's words) exaggerative; braggy
- Cách nói của thầy có vẻ đao to búa lớn nhỉ? Trẻ ai nấy cũng đều ngơ ngác à.
- The way the teacher was expressing himself seemed pretty braggy, wasn't he? The kids just couldn't catch on.