đồng sàng dị mộng
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 同床異夢.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ saːŋ˨˩ zi˧˨ʔ məwŋ͡m˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˦˩ ʂaːŋ˦˩ jɪj˨˩ʔ məwŋ͡m˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ ʂaːŋ˨˩ jɪj˨˩˨ məwŋ͡m˨˩˨] ~ [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ saːŋ˨˩ jɪj˨˩˨ məwŋ͡m˨˩˨]
Phrase
đồng sàng dị mộng
- (literally) same bed, different dreams
- (figuratively) that people live or work together but have very different interests or agendas