danh chính ngôn thuận

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 名正言順.

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zajŋ̟˧˧ t͡ɕïŋ˧˦ ŋon˧˧ tʰwən˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jɛɲ˧˧ t͡ɕɨn˦˧˥ ŋoŋ˧˧ tʰwəŋ˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jan˧˧ cɨn˦˥ ŋoŋ˧˧ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾əŋ˨˩˨]

Idiom

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danh chính ngôn thuận

  1. to be fitting and proper; to be perfectly justified or deserved