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liêm sỉ

Pronunciation Northern /liəm˧˧ sḭ˧˩˧/ Central /liəm˧˥ ʂi˧˩˨/ Southern /liəm˧˧ ʂi˨˩˦/
integrity or self-respect
Noun
integrity or self-respect

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
integrity or self-respect

The quality of being honest and having a sense of shame when doing something wrong.

vi Một người có liêm sỉ sẽ không bao giờ làm việc xấu.

en A person with integrity will never do bad things.

Parts
liêm / sỉ / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 廉恥 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 廉恥

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
廉恥
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
tiết nghĩa / khí tiết / liêm khiết / liêm …
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Use
công liêm / nam từ liêm / bắc từ liêm / từ liêm …
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