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bĩ cực thái lai

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Vietnamese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 否極泰來.

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓi˦ˀ˥ kɨk̚˧˨ʔ tʰaːj˧˦ laːj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɪj˧˨ kɨk̚˨˩ʔ tʰaːj˨˩˦ laːj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓɪj˨˩˦ kɨk̚˨˩˨ tʰaːj˦˥ laːj˧˧]

Idiom

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cực thái lai

  1. it is always darkest before the dawn
  2. just wait; bad luck will end for good luck to return