nhặt lá đá ống bơ
التعريفات والمعاني
== Vietnamese ==
=== Etymology ===
Literally, "to pick up leaves and kick tin cans (dropped on the road)"
=== Pronunciation ===
(Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɲat̚˧˨ʔ laː˧˦ ʔɗaː˧˦ ʔəwŋ͡m˧˦ ʔɓəː˧˧]
(Huế) IPA(key): [ɲak̚˨˩ʔ laː˨˩˦ ʔɗaː˨˩˦ ʔəwŋ͡m˦˧˥ ʔɓəː˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA(key): [ɲak̚˨˩˨ laː˦˥ ʔɗaː˦˥ ʔəwŋ͡m˦˥ ʔɓəː˧˧]
=== Phrase ===
nhặt lá đá ống bơ
(figurative, of a person's personality) overly curious in taking a crack at miscellaneous items, usually with no or little purpose