tre già măng mọc
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
tre (“bamboo”) + già (“old”) + măng (“bamboo shoot”) + mọc (“grow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɛ˧˧ zaː˨˩ maŋ˧˧ mawk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈɛ˧˧ jaː˦˩ maŋ˧˧ mawk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʈɛ˧˧ jaː˨˩ maŋ˧˧ mawk͡p̚˨˩˨]
Idiom[edit]
- (literally) when bamboos grow old, young shoots spring up
- (figuratively) when the old generations gone, the younger one will replace them