buộc chỉ chân voi
Pronunciation
Northern
/ɓuək˨˩ ʨḭ˧˩˧ ʨən˧˧ vɔj˧˧/
Central
/ɓuək˨˨ ʨi˧˩˨ ʨəŋ˧˥ jɔj˧˥/
Southern
/ɓuək˨˩˨ ʨi˨˩˦ ʨəŋ˧˧ jɔj˧˧/
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futile effort
Phrase
futile effort
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Sense 1
Phrase
futile effort Discourse & Logic
This phrase refers to an action or effort that is completely useless and brings no meaningful results or impact.
vi Cố gắng thuyết phục anh ta lúc này chỉ là buộc chỉ chân voi.
en Trying to persuade him now is a futile effort.
Parts
buộc / chỉ / chân …
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Parts
buộc / chỉ / chân …
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
纀只蹎㺔
Candidates by syllable
buộc
纀（𢯜 / 𥾾 / 𦂿）
chỉ
只
chân
蹎
voi
㺔（𤠅）
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.
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buộc tội / buộc / buộc lòng / buộc chỉ cổ tay …
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Similar
buộc tội / buộc / buộc lòng / buộc chỉ cổ tay …
Use
ép buộc / ràng buộc / cáo buộc / dây buộc …
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Use
ép buộc / ràng buộc / cáo buộc / dây buộc …