búa tạ
sledgehammer
Noun
sledgehammer
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Noun
sledgehammer Discourse & Logic
A large and heavy hammer that is used with both hands for breaking heavy objects.
vi Anh ấy dùng búa tạ để đập vỡ bức tường đá.
en He used a sledgehammer to break down the stone wall.
Parts
búa / tạ / A compound of búa + tạ …
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Parts
búa / tạ / A compound of búa + tạ …
OriginA compound of búa + tạ
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
斧担
Candidates by syllable
búa
斧（鈽）
tạ
担（謝）
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.
Use
chợ búa / đao to búa lớn / xương búa / búa liềm …
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Use
chợ búa / đao to búa lớn / xương búa / búa liềm …