"bé bằng củ khoai, cứ vai mà gọi" meaning in Vietnamese

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"small as a sweet potato, called by his rank\". In Vietnam, people are traditionally referred to (including with honorifics like \"grandfather\" which superficially invoke age) based on their social rank, not their age, so a low-status old man may refer to a high-status child (who is as \"small as a sweet potato\") as \"grandfather\".",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "proverb"
      },
      "expansion": "bé bằng củ khoai, cứ vai mà gọi",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese proverbs",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "id": "en-bé_bằng_củ_khoai,_cứ_vai_mà_gọi-vi-proverb-47DEQpj8",
      "qualifier": "Even if a person is only a child; he is addressed according to social rank.; Even if a person is only a child; he is addressed according to social rank.",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Even if a person is only a child, he is addressed according to social rank.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "empty-gloss",
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɓɛ˧˦ ʔɓaŋ˨˩ ku˧˩ xwaːj˧˧ kɨ˧˦ vaːj˧˧ maː˨˩ ɣɔj˧˨ʔ]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɓɛ˨˩˦ ʔɓaŋ˦˩ kʊw˧˨ kʰwaːj˧˧ kɨ˨˩˦ vaːj˧˧ maː˦˩ ɣɔj˨˩ʔ]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɓɛ˨˩˦ ʔɓaŋ˦˩ kʊw˧˨ xwaːj˧˧ kɨ˨˩˦ vaːj˧˧ maː˦˩ ɣɔj˨˩ʔ]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɓɛ˦˥ ʔɓaŋ˨˩ kʊw˨˩˦ kʰwaːj˧˧ kɨ˦˥ vaːj˧˧ maː˨˩ ɣɔj˨˩˨]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɓɛ˦˥ ʔɓaŋ˨˩ kʊw˨˩˦ xwaːj˧˧ kɨ˦˥ jaːj˧˧ maː˨˩ ɣɔj˨˩˨]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bé bằng củ khoai, cứ vai mà gọi"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"small as a sweet potato, called by his rank\". In Vietnam, people are traditionally referred to (including with honorifics like \"grandfather\" which superficially invoke age) based on their social rank, not their age, so a low-status old man may refer to a high-status child (who is as \"small as a sweet potato\") as \"grandfather\".",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "proverb"
      },
      "expansion": "bé bằng củ khoai, cứ vai mà gọi",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Vietnamese lemmas",
        "Vietnamese proverbs",
        "Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "qualifier": "Even if a person is only a child; he is addressed according to social rank.; Even if a person is only a child; he is addressed according to social rank.",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Even if a person is only a child, he is addressed according to social rank.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "empty-gloss",
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɓɛ˧˦ ʔɓaŋ˨˩ ku˧˩ xwaːj˧˧ kɨ˧˦ vaːj˧˧ maː˨˩ ɣɔj˧˨ʔ]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɓɛ˨˩˦ ʔɓaŋ˦˩ kʊw˧˨ kʰwaːj˧˧ kɨ˨˩˦ vaːj˧˧ maː˦˩ ɣɔj˨˩ʔ]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɓɛ˨˩˦ ʔɓaŋ˦˩ kʊw˧˨ xwaːj˧˧ kɨ˨˩˦ vaːj˧˧ maː˦˩ ɣɔj˨˩ʔ]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɓɛ˦˥ ʔɓaŋ˨˩ kʊw˨˩˦ kʰwaːj˧˧ kɨ˦˥ vaːj˧˧ maː˨˩ ɣɔj˨˩˨]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɓɛ˦˥ ʔɓaŋ˨˩ kʊw˨˩˦ xwaːj˧˧ kɨ˦˥ jaːj˧˧ maː˨˩ ɣɔj˨˩˨]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bé bằng củ khoai, cứ vai mà gọi"
}