lên hương
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]lên + hương. hương (鄉) is an obsolete administrative unit and can be translated as "township".
The phrase describes the action of someone from the countryside coming to an urban area.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- to experience a sudden jump upward in terms of materialistic living standard
- Nhà nó trúng số độc đắc, giờ cứ gọi là lên hương.
- They hit jackpot with the lottery draws, now they're in a different league, man.