làm trâu làm ngựa
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work like a slave
Verb
work like a slave
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Verb
work like a slave
To work very hard and submissively like a servant or a slave.
vi Anh ấy đã phải làm trâu làm ngựa để nuôi sống gia đình.
en He had to work like a slave to support his family.
Parts
làm / trâu / làm …
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Parts
làm / trâu / làm …
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𫜵𤠋𫜵馭
Candidates by syllable
làm
𫜵
trâu
𤠋（𤛠）
làm
𫜵
ngựa
馭
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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việc làm / làm việc / làm vườn / làm sao …
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Use
việc làm / làm việc / làm vườn / làm sao …