tự tung tự tác

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 自縱自作.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɨ˧˨ʔ tʊwŋ͡m˧˧ tɨ˧˨ʔ taːk̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tɨ˨˩ʔ tʊwŋ͡m˧˧ tɨ˨˩ʔ taːk̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tɨ˨˩˨ tʊwŋ͡m˧˧ tɨ˨˩˨ taːk̚˦˥]

Verb

tự tung tự tác

  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) to do as one pleases, to be impetuous
    Đưa một ông kễnh tự tung tự tác từ nhỏ lên nắm quyền thì có mà hỏng.
    Nothing good can come from letting someone with the mindset of "I do as I please" [unchecked] since childhood into a position of power.
    (literally, “Nothing good can come from letting someone impetuous ~ impulsive since childhood into a position of power.”)
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