túc trái tiền oan

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 夙債 and 前冤.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʊwk͡p̚˧˦ t͡ɕaːj˧˦ tiən˨˩ ʔwaːn˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʊwk͡p̚˦˧˥ ʈaːj˨˩˦ tiəŋ˦˩ ʔwaːŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʊwk͡p̚˦˥ ʈaːj˦˥ tiəŋ˨˩ (ʔ)waːŋ˧˧]

Noun

túc trái tiền oan

  1. (literary, Buddhism) all the debts and hatred from one's previous life, due to be paid