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chôn chân

Pronunciation Northern /ʨon˧˧ ʨən˧˧/ Central /ʨoŋ˧˥ ʨəŋ˧˥/ Southern /ʨoŋ˧˧ ʨəŋ˧˧/
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rooted to the spot
Verb
rooted to the spot
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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
rooted to the spot Core ActionsTheme

Unable to move from a particular place because of strong feelings like fear, shock, or great surprise.

vi Tôi đứng chôn chân một chỗ vì quá sợ hãi.

en I stood rooted to the spot because I was so afraid.

Parts
chôn / chân / 墫蹎
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
墫蹎
Candidates by syllable
chôn 墫 chân 蹎
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
chôn cất / chôn / chôn vùi / chôn sống …
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Use
bôn chôn / bàn chân / chân thành / chân thật …
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