cá mè một lứa

Vietnamese

Etymology

Literally "barbs of the same spawn".

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaː˧˦ mɛ˨˩ mot̚˧˨ʔ lɨə˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩˦ mɛ˦˩ mok̚˨˩ʔ lɨə˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaː˦˥ mɛ˨˩ mok̚˨˩˨ lɨə˦˥]

Idiom

cá mè một lứa

  1. birds of a feather flock together

Usage notes

  • The phrase usually has a negative connotation.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.