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kiến nghĩa bất vi vô dũng dã

Pronunciation Northern /kiən˧˥ ŋiʔiə˧˥ ɓət˧˥ vi˧˧ vo˧˧ zuʔuŋ˧˥ zaʔa˧˥/ Central /kiə̰ŋ˩˧ ŋiə˧˩˨ ɓə̰k˩˧ ji˧˥ jo˧˥ juŋ˧˩˨ jaː˧˩˨/ Southern /kiəŋ˧˥ ŋiə˨˩˦ ɓək˧˥ ji˧˧ jo˧˧ juŋ˨˩˦ jaː˨˩˦/
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not doing what is right is cowardice
Proper noun
not doing what is right is cowardice

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Sense 1 Proper noun
not doing what is right is cowardice

To see what is right and not do it is a lack of courage.

vi Ông nội dạy tôi rằng kiến nghĩa bất vi vô dũng dã.

en My paternal grandfather taught me that to see what is right and not do it is a lack of courage.

Parts
見義不微無勇也
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
見義不微無勇也
Candidates by syllable
kiến 見 nghĩa 義 bất 不 vi 微(違) vô 無 dũng 勇 dã 也(野 / 冶 / 吔)
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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