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