chấp chưởng
(verb) to rule; to govern; to control
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(verb) to rule; to govern; to control
(verb) to face off (with); to be versus (against)
(noun) brain stem
(noun) palm tree
(noun) banana republic
(adjective) big, protruding, bulging
myna or starling
(noun) dragonfly
(verb) to wipe, to scour, to cleanse
(noun) dodge; trick; expedient; resort
(adjective) overcrowded (with); overpacked (with); extremely congested (with); packed like sardines (with)
(verb) to struggle (against); to resist; to withstand (especially something daunting)
(adverb) suddenly
(verb) to resent; angrily distrust
paintbrush
(noun) Traditional tone placement spelling of cốt tuỷ.
(verb) to rescue; to save
(noun) a canal; a drain; a small stream
(noun) passion fruit
(noun) a salted, pickled lime or lemon
(noun) damselfly
(verb) to redeem (by payment); to ransom
(noun) a tool for spreading lime (on a betel leaf)
tent pitch; place to set up a tent
a ball or skein of yarn
(noun) remuneration, honorarium
(noun) the flag of the former Republic of Vietnam
(noun) an acrocephalid warbler, a songbird of the family Acrocephalidae.
(noun) a penguin (flightless sea bird)
(noun) a type of dessert soup with gelatinous dumplings inside
(verb) to criticize, belittle, to turn up one's nose at
(noun) initialism of Công Nguyên (“Common Era”)
(verb) to bicker; to quarrel (over something inconsequential) (generally speaking)
(adjective) uninterested; dismayed; downhearted
(verb) to redeem
rabbit hutch
(noun) Hong dou tang (Chinese red bean soup)
(adjective) neat; tidy; orderly; organized
(noun) market (generally speaking)
(verb) to vengefully hate; vindictively detest
(noun) stake (a piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end)
(noun) abstinence; self-restraint; moral purity
(noun) Churu, an ethnic group of Vietnam
(noun) kind of cultivated banana originated from Hà Nam, Vietnam
chilled milk jelly dessert with fruit and syrup
(verb) to mock; to ridicule; to sneer at; to laugh at
(verb) to reproach; to disparage; to deplore; to criticize
bedding
(noun) Area Command Commandant; a military officer title (1st rank) during Nguyễn lords' period, above chưởng cơ
(noun) pan
(verb) to rush headlong through
(verb) to rake
(verb) to see something/somebody as uniform and of no diverse grades or classes
rake
(verb) to mock; to ridicule; to sneer at; to laugh at
(verb) to suffocate; to asphyxiate; to be deprived of oxygen
(noun) a moment; instant; short while
(noun) broom
(noun) shoebill
(verb) to deeply resent