ngựa quen đường cũ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Literally “the horse goes on its familiar path”. Calque of Chinese 老馬識途 (lão mã thức đồ), but the semantics has changed.

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋɨə˧˨ʔ kwɛn˧˧ ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩ ku˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋɨə˨˩ʔ kwɛŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨəŋ˦˩ kʊw˧˨]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ŋɨə˨˩˨ wɛŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩ kʊw˨˩˦]

Idiom

ngựa quen đường cũ

  1. to lapse back into one's old ways; to relapse into vice
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