buôn dưa lê

Vietnamese

Etymology

buôn +‎ dưa lê, literally “to wholesale honeydew melons”. Alternatively, buôn +‎ dưa +‎ lê (“to wholesale melons and pears”).

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓuən˧˧ zɨə˧˧ le˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓuəŋ˧˧ jɨə˧˧ lej˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓuəŋ˧˧ jɨə˧˧ lej˧˧]

Verb

buôn dưa lê

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic, colloquial) to shoot the breeze; to chew the fat; to gossip
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