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(noun) paradise; heaven; Penglai
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(noun) paradise; heaven; Penglai
(verb) to search for something by digging through or unsettling the earth
(verb) to suffocate; to asphyxiate; to be deprived of oxygen
(noun) a moment; instant; short while
(noun) broom
(noun) shoebill
(verb) to deeply resent
paintbrush
traffic cone; road marker
(noun) very small parcel of land
(noun) nitre; saltpetre; potassium nitrate
(noun) noble recluse; hermit of high virtue
(noun) short for tháng giêng (“the first month of the lunar year”)
(noun) main rope (of a fishing net)
(verb) to accumulate; to store up; to collect; to save up
(verb) to be responsible for; to carry
gardening gloves
(verb) to use up; to run out of; to wear out
gypsophila; baby’s breath
(interjection) welcome
(noun) to wake somebody
(noun) a permutation
(verb) to swap; to switch
(noun) painter, drawer
(adjective) violent, brutal
(adjective) to be lecherous, to be lustful for women
(verb) to shout and scream (for something)
(adjective) very dry
(noun) bagpipe, bagpipes
(noun) coconut candy, usually the Vietnamese coconut candy commonly produced in Bến Tre province
(verb) to scavenge for anything edible everywhere
(noun) fireplace
(verb) to assemble; to fit; to mount
To tattle, tell on someone — the Northern word; Southerners say méc.
(verb) to give somebody a hint or a tip-off
(noun) short for máy xay sinh tố (“blender”)
(noun) rice seedlings
(noun) a caricature
(verb) to get hit by karma
(adjective) dull, dull-headed
(verb) to knead (to work and press into a mass)
(verb) to stuff; to cram
(noun) scrap; junk
(verb) to ache
(adjective) leisure or free time away from agricultural work
(noun) electric rice cooker
(verb) to wind; to twine
(verb) to dig up, to disinter
(verb) to roast (usually rice, beans, black pepper, corn, etc.) in a pan; compare nướng (“to roast directly over fire or charcoal”)
(noun) moss
(noun) comet
(adjective) very deep; profound
(noun) rivers and streams; waterway (generally speaking)
(verb) to fall; go down; drop
(adjective) relaxed; peaceful; untroubled
(noun) bar, peg (used for locking a door)
(verb) to transfer
(noun) eschatology
(noun) the first lunar month of a year
to take down a tent