trá hàng

Vietnamese

FWOTD – 5 March 2024

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 詐降, composed of 詐 and 降.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaː˧˦ haːŋ˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈaː˨˩˦ haːŋ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈaː˦˥ haːŋ˨˩]

Verb

to feign surrender
- 2016, chapter 5, in Nguyễn Đức Vịnh, transl., Đừng nói chuyện với cô ấy, part I, NXB Phụ Nữ, translation of 别和她说话 by Yù Jǐn (Ngộ Cẩn):
  Tào Tháo vốn đa nghi, vậy nhưng vẫn tin vào sự trá hàng cúa Hoàng Cái, […]
  Cáo Cāo was by nature suspicious, but still fell for it when Huáng Gài feigned surrender, […]

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