mã tà
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colonial policeman
Noun
colonial policeman
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Noun
colonial policeman
A term used for a policeman serving during the French colonial period.
vi Hình ảnh những viên mã tà đã đi vào nhiều tác phẩm văn học thời xưa.
en The image of colonial policemen appeared in many literary works of the past.
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mã / tà / 馬斜
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Parts
mã / tà / 馬斜
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馬斜
Candidates by syllable
mã
馬
tà
斜（邪）
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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