Where does “trốn tránh” come from?

trốn tránh (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tranh, from Chinese 爭.

trốn tránh (Vietnamese): to evade, to shirk

Definitions

  1. to evade, to shirk

Ancestry of “trốn tránh”, step by step

trốn tránh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tranh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetranhpainting, picture; to compete, to fight for
2Chinese爭—

via Vietnamese trốn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrốnto hide oneself
Every word from Chinese 爭 →Every word from Vietnamese tranh →