Vietnamese word
làm ơn mắc oán
Hà-Nội[laːm˨˩ ʔəːn˧˧ mak̚˧˦ ʔwaːn˧˦]Huế[laːm˦˩ ʔəːŋ˧˧ mak̚˦˧˥ ʔwaːŋ˦˧˥]Hồ Chí Minh City (Saigon)[laːm˨˩ ʔəːŋ˧˧ mak̚˦˥ (ʔ)waːŋ˦˥]
In your course · Chapter 59
- Part of speech
- other
- Level
- B2
Meanings
- to be blamed after trying to help
- benefactors often get hatred from beneficiaries; no good deed goes unpunished
Source: Tonada course · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0 and GFDL)