biển cả

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Vietnamese

Etymology

biển (sea) +‎ cả (great; grand).

Pronunciation

Noun

biển cả

  1. (literary) the sea(s); the ocean (the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface)
    • (Can we date this quote?), Văn Thành Nho (lyrics and music), “Đất nước lời ru [Our Land, a Lullaby]”:
      Mẹ Âu Cơ từ xa xưa đi khai thiên lập địa.
      Lạc Long Quân cùng bao con đi ra nơi biển cả.
      Our Foremother, Lady Âu, went on building our nation so long ago.
      Dragon Lord Lạc, with his many children, set out for the ocean.