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ăn bớt

Pronunciation Northern /an˧˧ ɓəːt˧˥/ Central /aŋ˧˥ ɓə̰ːk˩˧/ Southern /aŋ˧˧ ɓəːk˧˥/
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skim profits
Verb
skim profits Usage derogatory

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Sense 1 Verb
skim profits Work & MoneyTheme Usage derogatory

To secretly take or divert a portion of money or profits for one's own use dishonestly.

vi Người quản lý bị phát hiện đã ăn bớt tiền của công ty trong một thời gian dài.

en The manager was found to have been skimming company profits for a long time.

Parts
ăn / bớt / 咹叭
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
咹叭
Candidates by syllable
ăn 咹 bớt 叭(𣼪 / 𤁙 / 𤴭)
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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giảm bớt / bỏ bớt / cắt bớt / thêm bớt …
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