tha phương cầu thực

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== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 他方 (“at a foreign land”) and 求食 (“to make money”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰaː˧˧ fɨəŋ˧˧ kəw˨˩ tʰɨk̚˧˨ʔ] (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰaː˧˧ fɨəŋ˧˧ kəw˦˩ tʰɨk̚˨˩ʔ] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰaː˧˧ fɨəŋ˧˧ kəw˨˩ tʰɨk̚˨˩˨] === Verb === tha phương cầu thực (literary, somewhat dated) to leave one's homeland for a living at other country