Definition

1. Noun:
   • Clarinet and drum (used in a funeral procession): Refers specifically to the wind and percussion instruments, particularly the clarinet and drum, traditionally played in funeral processions in Vietnam.
   • Ancient musical instruments (in general): A broad, somewhat archaic term referring to traditional musical instruments in a general sense.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Đám tang có đội kèn trống đi đầu. (The funeral procession has a clarinet and drum band at the front.)
  • "Sống dầu đèn, chết kèn trống" là một câu tục ngữ. ("In life, oil lamps; in death, clarinets and drums" is a proverb.)
  • Trong bảo tàng trưng bày nhiều loại kèn trống cổ. (The museum displays many types of ancient musical instruments.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in a collective sense to denote the traditional musicians or the band itself that plays at ceremonies, especially funerals.
  • Cả làng nghe tiếng kèn trống từ đám tang. (The whole village could hear the sound of the clarinets and drums from the funeral.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đội kèn trống (noun phrase): A band of musicians playing clarinets and drums, especially for ceremonial purposes.
  • Đội kèn trống đã chuẩn bị sẵn sàng. (The clarinet and drum band is ready.)
• Nhạc cụ (noun): Musical instrument(s). This is the modern, general term.
• Kèn (noun): Horn, clarinet, trumpet; any wind instrument.
• Trống (noun): Drum.

Synonyms

• Nhạc cụ cổ truyền: Traditional musical instruments.
• Nhạc khí (literary): Musical instruments.

Related Phrases

• Kèn trống inh ỏi: A phrase describing the loud, cacophonous sound of clarinets and drums.
  • Đám ma đi qua với tiếng kèn trống inh ỏi. (The funeral passed by with the blaring sound of clarinets and drums.)

Related Idioms

• Sống dầu đèn, chết kèn trống: A proverb meaning that in life one needs light (from oil lamps) and in death one needs the music of a funeral procession. It highlights traditional rites and ceremonies for both life and death.

1. Clarinet and drum (used in a funeral procession)
   • Ancient musical instruments (nói khái quát)