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con dao hai lưỡi

Pronunciation Northern /kɔn˧˧ zaːw˧˧ haːj˧˧ lɨəʔəj˧˥/ Central /kɔŋ˧˥ jaːw˧˥ haːj˧˥ lɨəj˧˩˨/ Southern /kɔŋ˧˧ jaːw˧˧ haːj˧˧ lɨəj˨˩˦/
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double-edged sword
Noun
double-edged sword
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double-edged sword Discourse & LogicTheme

A metaphorical expression for something that can have both favorable and unfavorable consequences at the same time.

vi Quyết định này giống như một con dao hai lưỡi mà chúng ta phải cân nhắc.

en This decision is like a double-edged sword that we must consider.

Parts
con dao / 昆謠𠄩𥚇
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
昆謠𠄩𥚇
Candidates by syllable
con 昆(𡥵) dao 謠(瑤) hai 𠄩 lưỡi 𥚇(𦧜 / 𦧽)
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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miệng lưỡi / đá lưỡi / lè lưỡi / giọng lưỡi …
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