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bon chen

Pronunciation Northern /ɓɔn˧˧ ʨɛn˧˧/ Central /ɓɔŋ˧˥ ʨɛŋ˧˥/ Southern /ɓɔŋ˧˧ ʨɛŋ˧˧/
Listen
jostle for position
Verb
jostle for position
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1 Verb
jostle for position Core ActionsTheme

This verb describes the act of aggressively competing with others to gain a better position or to obtain something.

vi Mọi người đang bon chen để có chỗ ngồi tốt.

en People are jostle for position to get a good seat.

Parts
bon / chen / 𨁼氈
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𨁼氈
Candidates by syllable
bon 𨁼 chen (擅 / 𢷆 / 𧿐)
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
tranh / tranh giành / đọ / đua tranh …
Use
bòn bon / bon phặng / chen chúc / chen lấn …
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