ngoảnh đi ngoảnh lại
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in a blink
Phrase
in a blink
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Phrase
in a blink
A way to describe time passing very quickly as if in a single blink.
vi Ngoảnh đi ngoảnh lại đã hết một năm.
en In a blink, a year has already passed.
Parts
ngoảnh / đi / ngoảnh lại …
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Parts
ngoảnh / đi / ngoảnh lại …
OriginA compound of ngoảnh + đi + ngoảnh + lại
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𥋓迻𥋓吏
Candidates by syllable
ngoảnh
𥋓
đi
迻（𠫾 / 𨀕）
ngoảnh
𥋓
lại
吏
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
ngoảnh / ngoảnh mặt / ngoảnh lại / instantly
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Similar
ngoảnh / ngoảnh mặt / ngoảnh lại / instantly
Use
đi bộ / đi chơi / đi lại / bỏ đi
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Use
đi bộ / đi chơi / đi lại / bỏ đi