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 instead of the usual trường.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaːŋ˨˩ zaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ haːj˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈaːŋ˦˩ jaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ haːj˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʈaːŋ˨˩ jaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ haːj˨˩˦]
Adjective
tràng giang đại hải
- (idiomatic, of a piece of writing) overlong