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giữ chân

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retain
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retain Occupations & WorkplaceTheme

To keep someone in a position or prevent them from leaving.

vi Công ty đang nỗ lực để giữ chân những nhân viên giỏi.

en The company is striving to retain its talented employees.

Parts
giữ / chân / A compound of giữ + chân …
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giữ chân

OriginA compound of giữ + chân

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𡨹蹎
Candidates by syllable
giữ 𡨹（𢬇） 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.
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lưu dụng / retain
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retain vi: giữ chân / ja: 繋ぎ止め / WordNet aligned
Use
bắt giữ / giữ nguyên / giữ lại / giữ vững …
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giữ (keep) — words using
chân (foot) — words using
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