đáng đời

Vietnamese

Etymology

đáng (“to deserve”) +‎ đời (“lifetime”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːŋ˧˦ ʔɗəːj˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːŋ˦˧˥ ʔɗəːj˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːŋ˦˥ ʔɗəːj˨˩]

Interjection

đáng đời

  1. serves [objective case pronouns] right; [subjective case pronouns] had it coming; [subjective case pronouns] got [possessive adjective] just desserts
    Đáng đời nó lắm!
    Serves him right!
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