điển cố
(noun) a tale of old happenings, often the basis of sayings or moral lessons
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đá lạnh
(noun) ice cube
đám đông
(noun) crowd; mob
đèn
(noun) a light; a lamp, an oil lamp, a light bulb, an incandescent light, a fluorescent light, a flashlight, etc.
đăng quang
(verb) to be crowned; to be enthroned
đưa đám
(verb) to attend a funeral procession
đương kim
(adjective) current; reigning
đương quy
(noun) various plants of the genus Angelica (esp. A. sinensis and A. polymorpha)
đường lối
(noun) road; way; path
đại tiện
(verb) to defecate
đỉnh
(noun) top (uppermost part)
đồ tạp hóa
groceries
đồng bạc
(noun) piastre
đột kích
(verb) to raid (military: quick hostile or predatory incursion; attack for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering)
đứa bé
(noun) child
dành dành
(noun) Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
dấu nặng
(noun) dot below, diacritic used to write the nặng tone in Vietnamese orthography
đâu ra đấy
(adverb) nice and (orderly)
đâu vào đấy
(verb) to remain unaltered (in a bad state of something)
đêm giao thừa
New Year’s Eve
đình đám
(noun) festivals
đảng phí
(noun) membership dues paid to a political party
đầu não
(noun) human mind (used to describe the control center or leadership of an organization)
đồ hộp
(noun) canned food
đổ máu
(verb) to shed one's blood; to bleed
độ ẩm
(noun) humidity
đứa trẻ
(noun) child
duy tu
(verb) to repair and maintain
dầu thực vật
vegetable oil
đá da trời
(noun) lapis lazuli
đưa đẩy
(verb) to speak perfunctorily; to carry on the conversation for form's sake
đại não
(noun) cerebrum
đẳng
Over there — the Southern spoken contraction of đằng ấy/đằng kia.
đế
(noun) sole (of a shoe)
đồng bọn
(noun) accomplice
đột phá
(verb) to make a sudden breach through
đỡ bóng
to receive or return the ball
di chúc
(noun) will; testament (legal document)
dữ liệu di động
(noun) mobile data
đen đỏ
(noun) alternative form of đỏ đen
đài khí tượng
(noun) weather station
đánh bạc
(verb) to gamble
đèn trước
front light
đóng góp
(verb) to contribute
đơn bạc
(adjective) superficial, shallow
đường cát
(noun) refined sugar
đại ngàn
(noun) forest
đạo Tin Lành
(noun) evangelicalism
đệ
(noun) younger brother
đỉnh cao
(noun) pinnacle; peak; summit; climax
đỏ đen
(noun) luck and misluck
đối ẩm
(verb) to drink alcohol or tea with someone
đội ngũ
(noun) team, staff, corps
dậy
(verb) to wake up
dị
(adjective) weird, strange, unusual
dọa
(verb) Traditional tone placement spelling of doạ.
điều khiển
(verb) to control; to conduct; to manipulate; to operate
điển trai
(adjective) handsome; good-looking
đo
(verb) to measure
đèn đường
(noun) a streetlight; a street lamp