mò kim đáy bể

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare Chinese 海底摸針 (hải để mạc châm).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɔ˨˩ kim˧˧ ʔɗaj˧˦ ʔɓe˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mɔ˦˩ kim˧˧ ʔɗaj˨˩˦ ʔɓej˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mɔ˨˩ kim˧˧ ʔɗaj˦˥ ʔɓej˨˩˦]

Verb

mò kim đáy bể

(idiomatic) to look for a needle in a haystack; literally "to blindly look for a needle at the bottom of the ocean"

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