tre già măng mọc

Vietnamese

Etymology

tre (“bamboo”) +‎ già (“old”) +‎ măng (“bamboo shoot”) +‎ mọc (“grow”).

Pronunciation

(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

tre già măng mọc

(literally) when bamboos grow old, young shoots spring up
(figuratively) when the old generations gone, the younger one will replace them

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