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đun đẩy

Pronunciation Northern /ɗun˧˧ ɗə̰j˧˩˧/ Central /ɗuŋ˧˥ ɗəj˧˩˨/ Southern /ɗuŋ˧˧ ɗəj˨˩˦/
pass the buck
Verb
pass the buck

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
pass the buck

To shift responsibility or blame for something to someone else instead of handling it yourself.

vi Mọi người cứ đun đẩy trách nhiệm cho nhau thay vì cùng nhau giải quyết vấn đề.

en People keep passing the buck to each other instead of solving the problem together.

Parts
đun / đẩy / 撴𢱜
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
撴𢱜
Candidates by syllable
đun 撴(燉) đẩy 𢱜
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
đùn đẩy / đun nấu / đun / xe đẩy …
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Use
mô đun chương trình / mô đun / đưa đẩy / thúc đẩy …
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