mò kim đáy bể

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare Chinese 海底摸針 (hải để mạc châm).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mɔ˨˩ kim˧˧ ɗaj˧ˀ˦ ɓe˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [mɔ˧˧ kim˧˧ ɗaj˩ˀ˧ ɓej˧˩ʔ]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [mɔ˨˩ kim˧˧ ɗaj˦ˀ˥ ɓej˨˩˦]

Verb

mò kim đáy bể

  1. (idiomatic) to look for a needle in a haystack; literally "to blindly look for a needle at the bottom of the ocean"
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