quay đầu là bờ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 回頭是岸 / 回头是岸 (hồi đầu thị ngạn), from longer 苦海無邊，回頭是岸 / 苦海无边，回头是岸 (khổ hải vô biên, hồi đầu thị ngạn), said to be from a work called Dùliǔcuì (度柳翠).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwaj˧˧ ʔɗəw˨˩ laː˨˩ ʔɓəː˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kwaj˧˧ ʔɗəw˦˩ laː˦˩ ʔɓəː˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [waj˧˧ ʔɗəw˨˩ laː˨˩ ʔɓəː˨˩]

Idiom

quay đầu là bờ

  1. (Buddhism and humorous) it is never too late to stop generating negative karma (tạo nghiệp) and start seeking enlightenment instead
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