a Vietnamese coffee drink made with brewed coffee, sweetened condensed milk, and ice

flowing water wears away stone

(literally) to eat the congee and kick the bowl / (figurative, derogatory) to be utterly ungrateful, or worse, to bite the hand that feeds one

(allegorically) a grasshopper kicking the cart; a weaker side opposing a much stronger side

Misconstruction of chân đăm đá chân chiêu

(literally) the right foot kicking the left foot / (figurative) the person in question is/was walking very unstably; the person in question is/was drunk as a lord

Misconstruction of chân đăm đá chân chiêu

the inside bottom of a container, as opposed to a đế which is the outside bottom / the bottom of a well or a natural body of water such as a lake, river, sea, etc. / a base / Short for cạnh đáy (“base”).

to strike, usually with your palms or a weapon; to strike, to smack, to whack, to bash, to hit, to beat, to assault, etc.; compare gõ (“to hit with the side of the fist, with the knuckles, or with the fingertips”), đấm (“to punch”) and đá (“to kick”) / to play a game that involves striking or slamming with your hands or something you hold; compare đá (“to kick; to play a sport that involves kicking”) / to play (a non-wind instrument); compare thổi (“to play/blow (a wind instrument)”) / to type on a typewriter or computer keyboard / to rub continuously on the surface of something until it's clean or shiny / to fish with a net or a trap; compare câu (“to fish with a rod”) / to enjoy some eating or resting

to gamble