hất cẳng

Vietnamese

Etymology

From hất (“to throw off”) +‎ cẳng (“leg”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hət̚˧˦ kaŋ˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [hək̚˦˧˥ kaŋ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [hək̚˦˥ kaŋ˨˩˦]

Verb

hất cẳng

  1. (informal) to supplant; to oust
    Nhật hất cẳng Pháp khỏi Đông Dương.
    The Japanese ousted the French from Indochina.
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