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dây dưa

Pronunciation Northern /zəj˧˧ zɨə˧˧/ Central /jəj˧˥ jɨə˧˥/ Southern /jəj˧˧ jɨə˧˧/
drag on
2 senses 2 Components
Verb
drag on
Verb
get involved
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2 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
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To continue or prolong something for an unnecessarily long time, often causing a bothersome delay.

vi Cuộc họp này không nên kéo dài dây dưa mãi.

en This meeting should not drag on for too long.

Sense 2 Verb
get involved

To become entangled or involved in complicated situations, troubles, or unnecessary difficulties.

vi Tôi không muốn dây dưa vào những rắc rối của họ.

en I do not want to get involved in their troubles.

Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
絏荼
Candidates by syllable
dây 絏 dưa 荼（𤫿 / 𤬀 / 𦯬 / 𦼞）
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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