ngũ quan
(noun) the five senses of sight (thị giác), hearing (thính giác), smell (khứu giác), taste (vị giác) and touch (xúc giác)
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(noun) the five senses of sight (thị giác), hearing (thính giác), smell (khứu giác), taste (vị giác) and touch (xúc giác)
tenant
(adverb) on the contrary; conversely; instead
(noun) a brothel; whorehouse; bordello
(adverb) incidentally; conveniently; by the way
(noun) muse; poetic muse; poetic inspiration
(noun) brain, cerebrum
(verb) to succeed somebody to the throne; to succeed somebody as king
half a month
(verb) to except
anniversary; anniversary date
(noun) the Five Precepts
(noun) nhân (仁, “benevolence”)
(noun) person of the United States or U.S. American
(noun) pearl
(adjective) full (of the stomach)
(verb) to upgrade; to improve
(adjective) enthusiastic; zealous; zestful
(noun) word chain
(noun) endospore
(adjective) splendid; magnificient; superb
(noun) the woods; the forest
tobacconist or tobacco seller
(noun) magnolia
(noun) a second-level language family, lower than a ngữ hệ
(adverb) enthusiastically; zealously
(noun) prison
(noun) date; day
(noun) brain
(verb) to rebel; to revolt
(noun) profession, occupation
(noun) suburbs; outskirts
National Day
(noun) a drawer (furniture)
(noun) redskin
(noun) term (of office), tenure/period (of office), tour (of duty)
(noun) lifespan
(verb) to know something well; to well understand
(noun) hormone
(verb) to virilize
(verb) to use decoys, faints, and other diversion tactics
(noun) exotoxin
(adjective) rapid; quick; swift
(noun) personification
soft furnishings
(verb) to doubt; to suspect
(verb) to be contaminated (by a poison); to be poisoned
(noun) professional
(noun) homeland, country
(noun) about thirty to forty years old; middle age; midlife
(adjective) South Korean (of, from or relating to South Korea)
(noun) principle
(noun) obsolete spelling of nguyên tắc (“regulation”)
Corn, maize — the Northern word; Southerners say bắp.
(noun) pentatonic
(noun) the five (or more) fruits on a tray on the ancestral altar during the Vietnamese New Year celebrations
(noun) the five notes cung, thương, giốc, chủy, vũ of the classic pentatonic scale
(noun) a chromosome
(noun) country; countryside
(noun) diurnal tide, tide that has one high and one low each day