nai lưng

Vietnamese

Etymology

nai (“to strap”) +‎ lưng (“one's back”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [naːj˧˧ lɨŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [naːj˧˧ lɨŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [naːj˧˧ lɨŋ˧˧]

Verb

nai lưng

  1. to subject oneself to hard labour; to toil
    Mẹ mày nai lưng làm việc kiếm tiền mà mày chỉ biết ăn chơi phè phỡn.
    Your mother is toiling for a living while you only know how to indulge yourself in pleasure.
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