tre già măng mọc

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === tre (“bamboo”) +‎ già (“old”) +‎ măng (“bamboo shoot”) +‎ mọc (“grow”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɛ˧˧ zaː˨˩ maŋ˧˧ mawk͡p̚˧˨ʔ] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈɛ˧˧ jaː˦˩ maŋ˧˧ mawk͡p̚˨˩ʔ] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈɛ˧˧ jaː˨˩ maŋ˧˧ mawk͡p̚˨˩˨] === Idiom === tre già măng mọc (literally) when bamboos grow old, young shoots spring up (figuratively) when the old generations gone, the younger one will replace them