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ba ba ấp bóng

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chase shadows
Phrase
chase shadows
1 senses 3 Components
Meaning
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chase shadows Discourse & LogicTheme

To perform an action that is completely useless, futile, or pointless and will not result in any success.

vi Đừng làm việc đó nữa, chỉ là ba ba ấp bóng thôi.

en Stop doing that; it is just chasing shadows.

Parts
ba ba / ấp / bóng …
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Components

Components

ba ba ấp bóng
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
爸爸邑𡞗
Candidates by syllable
ba 爸 ba 爸 ấp 邑 bóng 𡞗（𣈖 / 𤊡 / 𩃳 / 𩄴）
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
tầm phào / vô hiệu / mò trăng đáy nước
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Easily confused

Same meaning
Use
thả đỉa ba ba / ấp ủ / e ấp / lâm ấp …
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ba ba (soft-shell turtle) — words using
ấp (hamlet) — words using
bóng (ball) — words using
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