How do you say “chengyu” in Vietnamese?

“Chengyu” in Vietnamese is thành ngữ (an idiom).

Vietnamese words for “chengyu”

• thành ngữListennoun
  Hanoi [tʰajŋ̟˨˩ ŋɨ˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [tʰan˨˩ ŋɨ˨˩˦]thành falling ngữ creaky rising

  an idiom

  for “chengyu” meaning: A certain kind of Chinese set phrase originating in Classical Chinese, typically four characters in length, and usually proverbial.

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