máy bay bà già

Vietnamese

Etymology

máy bay (“airplane”) +‎ bà già (“old lady”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maj˧˦ ʔɓaj˧˧ ʔɓaː˨˩ zaː˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [maj˨˩˦ ʔɓaj˧˧ ʔɓaː˦˩ jaː˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ma(ː)j˦˥ ʔɓa(ː)j˧˧ ʔɓaː˨˩ jaː˨˩]

Idiom

máy bay bà già

(figurative) An older woman who loves a man that is much younger than her (sugar mama, we can say).

See also

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