đơn thương độc mã

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 單槍獨馬; literally "with one spear and one horse".

Very similar to, although not exactly the same as, various Chinese sayings like 單人獨馬 / 单人独马 (đơn nhân độc mã) and 單槍匹馬 / 单枪匹马 (đơn thương thất mã).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːn˧˧ tʰɨəŋ˧˧ ʔɗəwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ maː˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːŋ˧˧ tʰɨəŋ˧˧ ʔɗəwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ maː˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːŋ˧˧ tʰɨəŋ˧˧ ʔɗəwk͡p̚˨˩˨ maː˨˩˦]

Adverb

đơn thương độc mã

  1. (idiomatic, literary) on one's own; by oneself
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