bụi hồng

Vietnamese

Etymology

bụi +‎ hồng. Calque of Chinese 紅塵／红尘 (hồng trần, literally “red dust”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓuj˧˨ʔ həwŋ͡m˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓuj˨˩ʔ həwŋ͡m˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓuj˨˩˨ həwŋ͡m˨˩]

Noun

bụi hồng

(archaic, literary) red dust
(figurative) this world; vanity of vanities

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