đầu bạc răng long

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Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəw˨˩ ʔɓaːk̚˧˨ʔ zaŋ˧˧ lawŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəw˦˩ ʔɓaːk̚˨˩ʔ ʐaŋ˧˧ lawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [ʔɗəw˦˩ ʔɓaːk̚˨˩ʔ ʐaŋ˧˧ lɔŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗəw˨˩ ʔɓaːk̚˨˩˨ ɹaŋ˧˧ lawŋ͡m˧˧]

Noun[edit]

đầu bạc răng long

  1. (literal) gray hair, weak teeth
  2. (figurative, literary) old age
    nguyện sống bên nhau đến đầu bạc răng long
    to vow to be together till both parties are too old to do anything