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thổ tả

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 吐瀉. The political sense is reinforced by cánh tả.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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thổ tả

  1. vomiting and having diarrhea

Adjective

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thổ tả

  1. (literary and colloquial) garbage, shitty and useless
  2. (politics, colloquial and derogatory, especially amongst Overseas Vietnamese and democracy activists) leftarded[1]

References

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  1. ^ https://libcom.org/article/queerphobia-vietnam
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