li khai
(verb) to leave and establish an independent organization or polity from a part of an already existing organization/polity; to cause a schism
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lân bang
(noun) neighboring country
lãng mạn
(adjective) romantic (concerned with, or conducive to, romance and love)
lãng-mạn
(adjective) obsolete spelling of lãng mạn (“romantic”)
lót
(verb) to put, to place something under another thing
lật
(verb) to turn upside down, to overturn
luân thường đạo lí
(noun) moral principles, ethics
làn
(noun) handled handbasket with a flat bottom and wide mouth, made from rattan, rush, bamboo or plastics
lâm li
(adjective) melancholic
lão ngư
(noun) old fisher
lưỡng chiếu
(noun) double check (a check delivered by two pieces simultaneously)
lật mặt
(verb) to change one's ideas; to change attitude (especially from good to bad)
Lễ Tạ ơn
Thanksgiving
lọt
(verb) to fall through; to pass through
lợn rừng
(noun) wild boar
li hôn
(verb) to divorce
li hương
(verb) to leave hometown
làn đường
(noun) lane (part of a roadway)
lò vi sóng
(noun) microwave oven
lót tích
(adjective) savage
Lô Lô
(noun) Yi, an ethnic group of Vietnam
lạnh nhạt
(adjective) cold, apathetic, indifferent
lạt
(noun) bamboo string or strip
lỡ làng
(adjective) interrupted; incomplete; unsuccessful
lau chân
to wipe one’s feet
li-băng
(adjective) Lebanese
lễ bái
(verb) to worship
lá gai
(noun) ramie leaf
lõi
(noun) core
lần mò
(verb) to track down something with insistence
lễ hội đèn lồng
lantern festival
lọt lòng
(verb) to be born
liễu
(noun) willow
loạn li
(adjective) chaotic, or get disorganized, leading to families' separation.
làn chạy
running lane
lũy
(noun) alternative spelling of luỹ
lạ lùng
(adjective) strange; odd
lạp
(noun) larb; meat salad (a national specialty of Laos)
lạp thể
(noun) plastid
li kì
(adjective) strange, fantastic
liên đới
(adjective) solidary
ly rượu vang
wine glass
làm nhục
(verb) to humiliate
lưu manh
(noun) thug, hooligan, scoundrel
lạm dụng
(verb) to overuse or to abuse (to use improperly)
lạm phát
(noun) inflation
lễ lạt
(noun) holidays and festive days
lồng ngực
(noun) a rib cage
lao phổi
(noun) pulmonary tuberculosis
lạm quyền
(verb) to abuse one's power
lạnh lùng
(adjective) that's cold and causes melancholy
lật đổ
(verb) to overthrow; to subvert; to overturn
lan tỏa
(verb) Traditional tone placement spelling of lan toả.
li dị
(verb) to divorce
làm dâu trăm họ
(verb) to be the daughter-in-law of a hundred/many/all families
lông măng
(noun) lanugo of a newborn
lạt-ma
(noun) lama
lặng im
(verb) to keep silence; to keep quiet
lừa lọc
(verb) to lie and cheat, to deceive
le
(noun) a plant in the rice family, which grows in forests and has a shape similar to bamboo