tấc đất tấc vàng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 寸土尺金.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tək̚˧˦ ʔɗət̚˧˦ tək̚˧˦ vaːŋ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tək̚˦˧˥ ʔɗək̚˦˧˥ tək̚˦˧˥ vaːŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tək̚˦˥ ʔɗək̚˦˥ tək̚˦˥ vaːŋ˨˩] ~ [tək̚˦˥ ʔɗək̚˦˥ tək̚˦˥ jaːŋ˨˩]

Idiom

tấc đất tấc vàng

  1. an inch of land is worth an inch of gold; land is precious
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