chó chê mèo mửa

Vietnamese

Etymology

Roughly, "Even a dog wouldn't want it and a cat would puke it out".

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɔ˧˦ t͡ɕe˧˧ mɛw˨˩ mɨə˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɔ˨˩˦ t͡ɕej˧˧ mɛw˦˩ mɨə˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cɔ˦˥ cej˧˧ mɛw˨˩ mɨə˨˩˦]

Adjective

chó chê mèo mửa

  1. (idiomatic, of quality) very bad; horrid