tiền mất tật mang

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, "money wasted, illness gotten".

Pronunciation[edit]

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tiən˨˩ mət̚˧˦ tət̚˧˨ʔ maːŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tiəŋ˦˩ mək̚˦˧˥ tək̚˨˩ʔ maːŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tiəŋ˨˩ mək̚˦˥ tək̚˨˩˨ maːŋ˧˧]

Idiom[edit]

tiền mất tật mang

wasting money in something potentially devious in hope of a return but only ends up in a worse off state

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