"công cốc" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Vietnamese]

IPA: [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ kəwk͡p̚˧˦] [Hà-Nội], [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ kəwk͡p̚˦˧˥] [Huế], [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ kəwk͡p̚˦˥] (note: Saigon)
Etymology: From công (“labor”) + cốc (“cormorant”). In some places, fishermen used to tie a snare near the base of the cormorants' throat and let them catch fish. Since the ring prevented them from swallowing the fish, the fishermen would take all of their catch i.e. the cormorants' hard labor was all for nothing. Etymology templates: {{com|vi|công|cốc|t1=labor|t2=cormorant}} công (“labor”) + cốc (“cormorant”) Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} công cốc, {{vi-noun}} công cốc
  1. (informal, idiomatic) something that one has put a lot of effort into but yields no real result Wikipedia link: Cormorant fishing Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-công_cốc-vi-noun-U0WMg~17 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header
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      },
      "expansion": "công (“labor”) + cốc (“cormorant”)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From công (“labor”) + cốc (“cormorant”).\nIn some places, fishermen used to tie a snare near the base of the cormorants' throat and let them catch fish. Since the ring prevented them from swallowing the fish, the fishermen would take all of their catch i.e. the cormorants' hard labor was all for nothing.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "công cốc",
      "name": "head"
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      "expansion": "công cốc",
      "name": "vi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "something that one has put a lot of effort into but yields no real result"
      ],
      "id": "en-công_cốc-vi-noun-U0WMg~17",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, idiomatic) something that one has put a lot of effort into but yields no real result"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Cormorant fishing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kəwŋ͡m˧˧ kəwk͡p̚˧˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kəwŋ͡m˧˧ kəwk͡p̚˦˧˥]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kəwŋ͡m˧˧ kəwk͡p̚˦˥]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "công cốc"
}
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      },
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      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
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    }
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        "Vietnamese lemmas",
        "Vietnamese nouns",
        "Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
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        "something that one has put a lot of effort into but yields no real result"
      ],
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        "(informal, idiomatic) something that one has put a lot of effort into but yields no real result"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Cormorant fishing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kəwŋ͡m˧˧ kəwk͡p̚˧˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kəwŋ͡m˧˧ kəwk͡p̚˦˧˥]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kəwŋ͡m˧˧ kəwk͡p̚˦˥]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "công cốc"
}

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