má hồng

Vietnamese

Etymology

má +‎ hồng.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maː˧˦ həwŋ͡m˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [maː˨˩˦ həwŋ͡m˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [maː˦˥ həwŋ͡m˨˩]

Noun

má hồng • (𦟐紅)

  1. rosy cheeks; (figurative) young and beautiful women
    • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)‎[1], published 1866, lines 5–6:
      𨔍(Lạ)之(gì)彼(bỉ)嗇(sắc)斯(tư)豊(phong)
      𡗶(Trời)撑(xanh)涓(quen)貝(với)𦟐(má)紅(hồng)打(đánh)㭴(ghen)
      It’s not strange that beauty may beget misery.
      The jealous gods tend to heap spites on rosy-cheeked beauties.
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