đồng bệnh tương liên

Vietnamese

Alternative forms
  • đồng bệnh tương lân
  • đồng bịnh tương lân
  • đồng bịnh tương liên

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 同病相憐.

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ ʔɓəjŋ̟˧˨ʔ tɨəŋ˧˧ liən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˦˩ ʔɓen˨˩ʔ tɨəŋ˧˧ liəŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ ʔɓəːn˨˩˨ tɨəŋ˧˧ liəŋ˧˧]

Idiom

đồng bệnh tương liên

  1. (literally) people who suffer the same illness look out for each other
  2. (figuratively) misery loves company
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