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