thắng như chẻ tre
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]thắng (“to win”) + như (“as if; like”) + chẻ (“to split”) + tre (“bamboo”).
Compare Chinese 勢如破竹 / 势如破竹 (thế như phá trúc), Japanese 破竹の勢い (hachiku no ikioi).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰaŋ˧˦ ɲɨ˧˧ t͡ɕɛ˧˩ t͡ɕɛ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰaŋ˦˧˥ ɲɨ˧˧ t͡ɕɛ˧˨ ʈɛ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰaŋ˦˥ ɲɨ˧˧ cɛ˨˩˦ ʈɛ˧˧]