châu chấu đá xe

Vietnamese

Etymology

châu chấu (“grasshopper”) +‎ đá (“to kick”) +‎ xe (“wheeled vehicle”)

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəw˧˧ t͡ɕəw˧˦ ʔɗaː˧˦ sɛ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəw˧˧ t͡ɕəw˨˩˦ ʔɗaː˨˩˦ sɛ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cəw˧˧ cəw˦˥ ʔɗaː˦˥ sɛ˧˧]

Idiom

châu chấu đá xe

  1. (allegorically) a grasshopper kicking the cart; a weaker side opposing a much stronger side
    Synonym: muỗi đốt i-nốc
    Nực cười châu chấu đá xe.
    Tưởng rằng chấu ngã, ai dè xe nghiêng?
    How ludicrous it is: the grasshopper kicking the cart;
    'Twas thought the grasshopper would fall; who foresaw the cart rolling over instead?
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.