châu chấu đá xe
Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]châu chấu (“grasshopper”) + đá (“to kick”) + xe (“wheeled vehicle”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəw˧˧ t͡ɕəw˧˦ ʔɗaː˧˦ sɛ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəw˧˧ t͡ɕəw˨˩˦ ʔɗaː˨˩˦ sɛ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [cəw˧˧ cəw˦˥ ʔɗaː˦˥ sɛ˧˧]
Idiom
[edit]- (allegorically) a grasshopper kicking the cart; a weaker side opposing a much stronger side
- Synonym: muỗi đốt i-nốc
- Nực cười châu chấu đá xe.
Tưởng rằng chấu ngã, ai dè xe nghiêng?- How ludicrous it is: the grasshopper kicking the cart;
'Twas thought the grasshopper would fall; who foresaw the cart rolling over instead?
- How ludicrous it is: the grasshopper kicking the cart;