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bêu đầu

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display severed head
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display severed head

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
display severed head Politics, Law, Institutions & SafetyTheme Core Actions & OperationTheme

To publicly display a severed human head, often as a form of severe punishment or warning.

vi Trong lịch sử, kẻ tội đồ thường bị bêu đầu giữa chợ.

en Historically, criminals' severed heads were often displayed in the market.

Parts
bêu / đầu / A compound of bêu + đầu …
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Components

Components

bêu đầu

OriginA compound of bêu + đầu

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
標頭
Candidates by syllable
bêu 標 đầu 頭
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
bêu / bêu xấu / bêu riếu / bêu rếu …
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Starts with this word

bêu/bêu xấu/bêu riếu/bêu rếu/bêu nhuốc

Use
đáng bêu / lêu bêu / bắt đầu / đầu tư …
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bêu (expose to shame) — words using
đầu (head) — words using

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Politics, Law, Institutions & SafetyTheme Core Actions & OperationTheme Culture, Arts & Proper NamesTheme
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