tràng giang đại hải

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 長江 and 大海, literally "[like a] long river and big ocean".

    This saying uses the conservative reading tràng for 長 / 长 instead of the usual trường.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaːŋ˨˩ zaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ haːj˧˩]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈaːŋ˦˩ jaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ haːj˧˨]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈaːŋ˨˩ jaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ haːj˨˩˦]

    Adjective

    tràng giang đại hải

    1. (idiomatic, of a piece of writing) overlong
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