some unknown vocabulary
I am reading Harry Potter and I am having trouble with some words
"...lại có cả đống bọn khoác áo trùm nhôn nhạo dưới phố hôm nay"
Nhon nhao?? what is this?
"Ông Dursley vội phân bua"
Phan bua?
"Đúng như ông “mong đợi”, bà Dursley giật mình và đổ quạu"
Do quau?
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Answers · 7
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I think.
phân bua = explain
đổ quạu = angry
nhôn nhạo = messy and noisy
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nhộn nhạo = be in a stir. eg. The crowd was in a stir.
phân bua = explain to every one not to think wrong or bad about speaker
đổ quạu = angry
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I have never heard the word nhôn nhạo, I think in this case it must be nhốn nháo (or maybe nhộn nhạo, I think the first one is better). Phân bua in my opinion, it's something mixed of argument, giving excuses, explain drastically. Đổ quạu, there are many similar words varying by each person: nổi cáu, nổi quạu, phát cáu,... your Vietnamese is good so your questions are usually relevant to uncommon words, expressions and other deep problems... :)) cheers!
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thats ok, I saw it in a book and needed to understand the phrase
I doubt I will ever use it in conversation
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Frankly, I have never used the phrase "do quau" before :D
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