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(noun) a scribe skilled in calligraphy of Chinese characters
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(noun) a scribe skilled in calligraphy of Chinese characters
(verb) to prepare out of available ingredients
(noun) dojo
(verb) to plagiarize
(verb) to heighten (vigilance etc.)
(verb) to suggest; to put forward; to propose
(noun) partner; collaborator
(noun) eye pupil
(adjective) equal, uniform
(noun) Monsignor (a Catholic title of address)
(noun) a method
(noun) dawn; sunrise; daybreak
(adjective) clipping of bất bình thường (“unusual; abnormal”)
(verb) to leave (a party etc.); to quit
(noun) a serviceperson of Vietnam's armed forces
(noun) the dead center; the exact center
(verb) to gloss; to annotate explanatorily; to make a clarifying textual comment
(adjective) leading; decisive
(noun) subject, theme, leitmotif
(noun) career, profession
(verb) to insulate from electricity
(adjective) advanced in years; aged; elderly; old
(adjective) in reserve; intended to be used as a spare
(noun) family financial situation; family monetary circumstances
If only — standard nationwide; in the South you will often hear phải chi instead.
(noun) curriculum
(verb) to keep; to hold and maintain as one's own
(noun) one who is already taken; one who is in a relationship or married
(verb) to return, to give back, to restore
(noun) a rhomboid
(adjective) entire; whole
(noun) operating system
(noun) education; erudition; scholarship
(noun) bhava (being, to be, to become, to exist, existence)
(noun) the Empty Fort Strategy
(noun) economy
(noun) a conclusion
(adjective) interprovincial
(noun) Alternative spelling of lí lịch.
(noun) calendar, calendar system
(noun) calculator (electronic device that performs mathematical calculations)
(noun) Alternative spelling of mĩ từ pháp.
(noun) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see người, bay.
(noun) other people, as opposed to myself/ourselves
(verb) hurry up
(adjective) interior; inside; internal; domestic
(adjective) endogenous
(adjective) under the rule of law
(verb) to develop, to expand
(verb) to demarcate; to delimit; to distinguish and fix (a boundary)
(noun) an equation
(noun) middle blocker
(noun) savate
(noun) fruiting body/fruit body
(noun) national policy
(noun) Alternative spelling of quốc sách.
(noun) eclampsia
(noun) property; wealth; estate
(verb) to construct or repair a building or infrastructure facility
(noun) a celestial body; a heavenly body