a dua

See also: adua, Adua, and ádua

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 阿諛 (“to flatter; to butter up”, SV: a du).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ zuə˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ juə˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ juə˧˧]

Verb

a dua

to ape; to blindly imitate (something bad or wrong from others)
Synonyms: hùa, vào hùa
- Analects, XIII.23; 1972, Vietnamese translation & annotations by Nguyễn Hiến Lê
  - Khổng tử nói: “Người quân tử hoà hợp nhưng không a dua, kẻ tiểu nhân a dua mà không hoà hợp.”
  Confucius said: “The noble person acts harmoniously yet is not conformist; the petty person is conformist yet does not act harmoniously.”

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