vuốt râu hùm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 捋虎鬚 / 捋虎须 (loát hổ tu).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vuət̚˧˦ zəw˧˧ hum˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vuək̚˦˧˥ ʐəw˧˧ hum˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [vuək̚˦˥ ɹəw˧˧ hʊm˨˩] ~ [juək̚˦˥ ɹəw˧˧ hʊm˨˩]

Verb

vuốt râu hùm

  1. (idiomatic) to do something extremely dangerous
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