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cười trừ

Pronunciation Northern /kɨə̤j˨˩ ʨɨ̤˨˩/ Central /kɨəj˧˧ tʂɨ˧˧/ Southern /kɨəj˨˩ tʂɨ˨˩/
Listen
laugh off
Verb
laugh off
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
laugh off Feelings & EmotionsTheme

To laugh something off means to try to make a difficult or embarrassing situation seem less important by laughing at it.

vi Anh ấy chỉ cười trừ khi bị hỏi khó.

en He just laughed it off when asked a difficult question.

Parts
cười / trừ / A compound of cười + trừ …
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Components

Components

cười trừ

OriginA compound of cười + trừ

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
唭除
Candidates by syllable
cười 唭 trừ 除
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
nụ cười / buồn cười / mỉm cười / tức cười …
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cười (smile) — words using
trừ (exclude) — words using
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