hết thuốc chữa

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [het̚˧˦ tʰuək̚˧˦ t͡ɕɨə˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [het̚˦˧˥ tʰuək̚˦˧˥ t͡ɕɨə˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [həːt̚˦˥ tʰuək̚˦˥ cɨə˨˩˦]

Phrase

hết thuốc chữa

  1. (literal) there's no cure
  2. (figurative) the person in question is hopeless; there's no hope for this person's laziness/bad habit/stupidity
    Mày đúng là ngu hết thuốc chữa !
    You are hopelessly stupid!