Where does “dạy đời” come from?

dạy đời (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đời, from Middle Chinese 代.

dạy đời (Vietnamese): to lecture

Definitions

  1. to lecture

Ancestry of “dạy đời”, step by step

dạy đời traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đời

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđờilife; world; generation
2Middle Chinese代—

via Vietnamese dạy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedạyto teach, to train
Every word from Middle Chinese 代 →Every word from Vietnamese đời →
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