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đau đáu

Pronunciation Northern /ɗaw˧˧ ɗaw˧˥/ Central /ɗaw˧˥ ɗa̰w˩˧/ Southern /ɗaw˧˧ ɗaw˧˥/
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anxiously concerned
Adverb
anxiously concerned

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Adverb
anxiously concerned

To feel deep concern or anxiety about someone or something in a persistent and restless manner.

vi Mẹ vẫn luôn đau đáu về sức khỏe của con.

en Mother is always anxiously concerned about her child's health.

Parts
đau / 忉𠲢
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
忉𠲢
Candidates by syllable
đau 忉(𤴬) đáu 𠲢(𠴼)
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.
Similar
đâu đâu / đau đầu / restlessly
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Use
đau buồn / đau ốm / làm đau / đau khổ
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Questions and answers

What does “đau đáu” mean?

In English, “đau đáu” means “anxiously concerned”.

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