lác mắt

Vietnamese

Etymology

lác +‎ mắt.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [laːk̚˧˦ mat̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [laːk̚˦˧˥ mak̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [laːk̚˦˥ mak̚˦˥]

Verb

lác mắt

  1. (medicine) to have squint eyes; to have strabismus
  2. (figurative, colloquial) to be full of admiration; to have one's breath taken away