đáng đời
Vietnamese
Etymology
đáng (“to deserve”) + đời (“lifetime”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːŋ˧˦ ʔɗəːj˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːŋ˦˧˥ ʔɗəːj˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːŋ˦˥ ʔɗəːj˨˩]
Interjection
đáng đời
- serves [objective case pronouns] right; [subjective case pronouns] had it coming; [subjective case pronouns] got [possessive adjective] just desserts
- Đáng đời nó lắm!
- Serves him right!