buôn dưa lê

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Compound of buôn +‎ dưa lê, literally “to wholesale honeydew melons”. Alternatively, Compound of buôn +‎ dưa +‎ lê (“to wholesale melons and pears”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓuən˧˧ zɨə˧˧ le˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓuəŋ˧˧ jɨə˧˧ lej˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓuəŋ˧˧ jɨə˧˧ lej˧˧] === Verb === buôn dưa lê (figurative, idiomatic, colloquial) to shoot the breeze; to chew the fat; to gossip ==== Derived terms ====