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mọc rễ

Listen
take root
Verb
take root
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
take root

The process where a plant begins to grow roots to attach to soil and absorb nutrients.

vi Cái cây này đã bắt đầu mọc rễ trong chậu đất.

en This tree has begun to take root in the soil pot.

Sense 2 Verb
linger

A figurative way to describe someone staying in a place for an excessively long time.

vi Anh ta mọc rễ ở quán cà phê suốt cả ngày.

en He lingered at the coffee shop all day long.

Parts
mọc / rễ / 𠚐𣑶
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𠚐𣑶
Candidates by syllable
mọc 𠚐(𦙣) rễ 𣑶(𣠲 / 𦮲)
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
mọc / mọc sừng / mọc răng
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Use
bún mọc / vắng chủ nhà gà mọc đuôi tôm / tre già măng mọc / mời mọc …
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