tiền mất tật mang

Vietnamese

Etymology

Literally, "money wasted, illness gotten".

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiən˨˩ mət̚˧˦ tət̚˧˨ʔ maːŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˦˩ mək̚˦˧˥ tək̚˨˩ʔ maːŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˨˩ mək̚˦˥ tək̚˨˩˨ maːŋ˧˧]

Idiom

tiền mất tật mang

  1. wasting money in something potentially devious in hope of a return but only ends up in a worse off state
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