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kiệm lời

speak sparingly
Adjective
speak sparingly
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Sense 1 Adjective
speak sparingly Properties & StatesTheme

To use very few words.

Parts
kiệm / lời / 儉唎
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Components

Components

kiệm lời
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
儉唎
Candidates by syllable
kiệm 儉 lời 唎（𠳒 / 𢈱）
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.
Similar
kiếm lời / kiệm ước / kiệm
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Starts with this word

kiệm ước/kiệm

Use
tiết kiệm / gia kiệm / thượng kiệm / cần kiệm liêm chính …
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kiệm (thrifty) — words using
lời (word) — words using
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