"người đầu bạc tiễn kẻ đầu xanh" meaning in Vietnamese

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Phrase

IPA: [ŋɨəj˨˩ ʔɗəw˨˩ ʔɓaːk̚˧˨ʔ tiən˦ˀ˥ kɛ˧˩ ʔɗəw˨˩ sajŋ̟˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [ŋɨj˦˩ ʔɗəw˦˩ ʔɓaːk̚˨˩ʔ tiəŋ˧˨ kɛ˧˨ ʔɗəw˦˩ sɛɲ˧˧] [Huế], [ŋɨj˨˩ ʔɗəw˨˩ ʔɓaːk̚˨˩˨ tiəŋ˨˩˦ kɛ˨˩˦ ʔɗəw˨˩ san˧˧] (note: Saigon)
Etymology: Literally "the silvery-headed one sees off the green-headed one". bạc (“silver”) is used to describe gray hair, which is thought to be silvery or white rather than gray. xanh means "grue" (either green or blue), but is probably related to thanh xuân (“youth”, literally “grue spring”), which is likely to be derived from the association of "youth" with "green" and "spring", both of which are in turn associated with the element "Wood" (or "Tree", or "Plant"), the element of "freshness" or "vitality", etc. in Wu Xing. Compare Chinese 白髮人送黑髮人 /白发人送黑发人 (báifàrén sòng hēifàrén). Etymology templates: {{ncog|zh|白髮人送黑髮人}} Chinese 白髮人送黑髮人 /白发人送黑发人 (báifàrén sòng hēifàrén) Head templates: {{head|vi|phrases|head=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} người đầu bạc tiễn kẻ đầu xanh, {{vi-phrase}} người đầu bạc tiễn kẻ đầu xanh
  1. "the young perish and the old linger"; an elderly person has/had to suffer the anguish of watching their young loved one die, because they think it should be the other way around Wikipedia link: Wu Xing Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-người_đầu_bạc_tiễn_kẻ_đầu_xanh-vi-phrase-JHIY~R69 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header
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  "etymology_text": "Literally \"the silvery-headed one sees off the green-headed one\". bạc (“silver”) is used to describe gray hair, which is thought to be silvery or white rather than gray. xanh means \"grue\" (either green or blue), but is probably related to thanh xuân (“youth”, literally “grue spring”), which is likely to be derived from the association of \"youth\" with \"green\" and \"spring\", both of which are in turn associated with the element \"Wood\" (or \"Tree\", or \"Plant\"), the element of \"freshness\" or \"vitality\", etc. in Wu Xing. Compare Chinese 白髮人送黑髮人 /白发人送黑发人 (báifàrén sòng hēifàrén).",
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