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lầm than

Pronunciation Northern /lə̤m˨˩ tʰaːn˧˧/ Central /ləm˧˧ tʰaːŋ˧˥/ Southern /ləm˨˩ tʰaːŋ˧˧/
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wretched
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wretched

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Adjective
wretched

Describing a state of living that is extremely miserable, wretched, and characterized by constant suffering and difficult personal or social conditions.

vi Người dân phải chịu cảnh lầm than sau chiến tranh.

en The people suffered a miserable life after the war.

Parts
lầm / than / 惏炭
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Components

Components

lầm than
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
惏炭
Candidates by syllable
lầm 惏 than 炭
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
làm thân / khốn khổ / khổ sở / khổ cực …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Same meaning

Meaning links

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wretched vi: lầm than / ja: 困窮 / WordNet aligned
Use
sai lầm / hiểu lầm / lỗi lầm / bé cái lầm …
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lầm (to be mistaken) — words using
than (coal) — words using
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