ngược xuôi
Pronunciation
Northern
/ŋɨə̰ʔk˨˩ suəj˧˧/
Central
/ŋɨə̰k˨˨ suəj˧˥/
Southern
/ŋɨək˨˩˨ suəj˧˧/
Listen
bustle about
Verb
bustle about
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
bustle about Core Actions
To move constantly from one place to another while dealing with various busy tasks and responsibilities.
vi Ông ấy phải ngược xuôi cả ngày để lo cho gia đình.
en He has to bustle about all day to provide for his family.
Parts
ngược / xuôi / 虐𠀿
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Parts
ngược / xuôi / 虐𠀿
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
虐𠀿
Candidates by syllable
ngược
虐
xuôi
𠀿（𣵶）
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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Use
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Use
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