bụi hồng
Vietnamese
Etymology
Calque of Chinese 紅塵 (hồng trần, literally “red dust”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓuj˧˨ʔ həwŋ͡m˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓuj˨˩ʔ həwŋ͡m˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓuj˨˩˨ həwŋ͡m˨˩]
Noun
bụi hồng
- (archaic, literary) red dust; (figuratively) this world; vanity of vanities