anh chột làm vua xứ mù

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === From anh (“young adult man”) +‎ chột (“blind in one eye”) +‎ làm (“to be”) +‎ vua (“king”) +‎ xứ (“land”) +‎ mù (“blind”). Literally, “a one-eyed man being the king of a blind land”. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔajŋ̟˧˧ t͡ɕot̚˧˨ʔ laːm˨˩ vuə˧˧ sɨ˧˦ mu˨˩] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɛɲ˧˧ t͡ɕok̚˨˩ʔ laːm˦˩ vuə˧˧ sɨ˨˩˦ mʊw˦˩] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔan˧˧ cok̚˨˩˨ laːm˨˩ vuə˧˧ sɨ˦˥ mʊw˨˩] ~ [ʔan˧˧ cok̚˨˩˨ laːm˨˩ juə˧˧ sɨ˦˥ mʊw˨˩] === Phrase === anh chột làm vua xứ mù (idiomatic) a mediocre person without any special qualities who stands out only because they are surrounded by people worse than them; in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king Synonym: thằng chột làm vua xứ mù