Where does “mưu mẹo” come from?

mưu mẹo (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mưu — scheme, plot, conspiracy.

mưu mẹo (Vietnamese): a clever trick made to deceive someone

Definitions

  1. a clever trick made to deceive someone

Ancestry of “mưu mẹo”, step by step

mưu mẹo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mưu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemưuscheme, plot, conspiracy

via Vietnamese mèo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemèocat; meow
Every word from Vietnamese mưu →