di di mau

Origin: . Borrowed into English by American military personnel returning from the Vietnam War, as well as by Vietnamese immigrants; popularized by the movie The Deer Hunter. This is an uncommon way to say "Hurry up!" in Vietnamese. The verb to go can be expressed as a command: "Đi đi! One may even express a sense of urgency with the word fast: "Đi mau đi! However, Vietnamese speakers tend to use the verbs mau lên, nhanh lên, and vội lên in exactly the way an English speaker would use hurry up. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).