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cò cưa

Pronunciation Northern /kɔ̤˨˩ kɨə˧˧/ Central /kɔ˧˧ kɨə˧˥/ Southern /kɔ˨˩ kɨə˧˧/
dally, delay
1 senses 2 Components
Verb
dally, delay
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dally, delay Core ActionsTheme

To waste time or move slowly, especially when a person is being indecisive about making a choice.

vi Đừng cò cưa thêm nữa mà hãy đưa ra quyết định cuối cùng đi.

en Stop dallying and make a final decision.

Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
鸜剧
Candidates by syllable
cò 鸜（𪂮 / 𪂲） cưa 剧（鋸）
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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