mò kim đáy bể

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare Chinese 海底摸針 / 海底摸针 (hải để mạc châm).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mɔ˨˩ kim˧˧ ʔɗaj˧˦ ʔɓe˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [mɔ˦˩ kim˧˧ ʔɗaj˨˩˦ ʔɓej˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [mɔ˨˩ kim˧˧ ʔɗa(ː)j˦˥ ʔɓej˨˩˦]

Verb

mò kim đáy bể

  1. (idiomatic) to look for a needle in a haystack; literally "to blindly look for a needle at the bottom of the ocean"
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