buôn dưa lê
Vietnamese
Etymology
buôn + dưa lê, literally “to wholesale honeydew melons”. Alternatively, buôn + dưa + lê (“to wholesale melons and pears”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓuən˧˧ zɨə˧˧ le˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓuəŋ˧˧ jɨə˧˧ lej˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓuəŋ˧˧ jɨə˧˧ lej˧˧]
Verb
buôn dưa lê
- (figuratively, idiomatic, colloquial) to shoot the breeze; to chew the fat; to gossip