khô như con mắm
Pronunciation
Northern
/xo˧˧ ɲɨ˧˧ kɔn˧˧ mam˧˥/
Central
/kʰo˧˥ ɲɨ˧˥ kɔŋ˧˥ ma̰m˩˧/
Southern
/kʰo˧˧ ɲɨ˧˧ kɔŋ˧˧ mam˧˥/
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bone dry
proverb
bone dry
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
proverb
bone dry
An expression used to describe a state of being extremely dry or withered.
vi Cánh đồng mùa hạn hán khô như con mắm.
en The field in the drought season is bone dry.
Parts
枯如昆𩻐
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Parts
枯如昆𩻐
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
枯如昆𩻐
Candidates by syllable
khô
枯（𩹬）
như
如
con
昆（𡥵）
mắm
𩻐（𪊅）
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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khô / khô cằn / khô cả cổ / khô héo …