nước đổ lá khoai
water off a duck's back
Phrase
water off a duck's back
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Meaning
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Phrase
water off a duck's back
An idiom referring to advice or admonition that has no effect whatsoever; falling on deaf ears or water off a duck's back.
Parts
lá / khoai / 渃賭蘿垮
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Parts
lá / khoai / 渃賭蘿垮
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
渃賭蘿垮
Candidates by syllable
nước
渃
đổ
賭（𧺂）
lá
蘿
khoai
垮（𧃷）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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ra môn ra khoai / như nước đổ lá khoai / bánh khoai / chả ra ngô ra khoai
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Similar
ra môn ra khoai / như nước đổ lá khoai / bánh khoai / chả ra ngô ra khoai
Use
thuốc lá / xanh lá cây / lá cây / hoa lá …
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Use
thuốc lá / xanh lá cây / lá cây / hoa lá …