trúng tủ
Vietnamese
Etymology
trúng (“to hit; to be right on”) + tủ (“cabinet; highly useful skill or knowledge; high-yield topic”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˦ tu˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈʊwŋ͡m˦˧˥ tʊw˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʈʊwŋ͡m˦˥ tʊw˨˩˦]
Verb
trúng tủ
- (colloquial, of the examinee) to be fortunate and be tested on the only thing(s) one has studied
- (rare) to be right on by saying things that someone else had tried to keep to themselves and did not want others to know