Where does “cười trừ” come from?

cười trừ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese trụ, from Chinese 柱.

cười trừ (Vietnamese): to laugh off something (esp. a negative thing); to do nothing but laugh

Definitions

  1. to laugh off something (esp. a negative thing); to do nothing but laugh

Ancestry of “cười trừ”, step by step

cười trừ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese trụ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrụpillar
2Chinese柱—

via Vietnamese cười

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecườismile
Every word from Chinese 柱 →Every word from Vietnamese trụ →