Where does “chậm tiến” come from?

chậm tiến (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Tiến, from Chinese 進 — promotion.

chậm tiến (Vietnamese): underdeveloped; primitive (especially of a group)

Definitions

  1. underdeveloped; primitive (especially of a group)

Ancestry of “chậm tiến”, step by step

chậm tiến traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Tiến

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseTiến—
2Chinese進promotion

via Vietnamese chậm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechậmslow
Every word from Chinese 進 →Every word from Vietnamese Tiến →