khói lửa
Vietnamese
Etymology
khói + lửa. Compare Chinese 煙火.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xɔj˧˦ lɨə˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰɔj˨˩˦ lɨə˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kʰɔj˦˥ lɨə˨˩˦] ~ [xɔj˦˥ lɨə˨˩˦]
Noun
khói lửa
- (literally) smoke and fire
- (poetic, literary) war; conflict