đầu cua tai nheo

Vietnamese

Etymology

Literally "crab's head and catfish's ears".

Some articles also suggest that the morpheme tai here is not "ear", but Chinese 鰓 / 鳃 (sāi, “fish gill”) (SV: tai), so the phrase is instead "crab's head and catfish's gills".

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəw˨˩ kuə˧˧ taːj˧˧ ɲɛw˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəw˦˩ kuə˧˧ taːj˧˧ ɲɛw˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəw˨˩ kuə˧˧ taːj˧˧ ɲɛw˧˧]

Noun

đầu cua tai nheo

  1. (idiomatic) details in a story or event

See also

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