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sáo

Pronunciation Northern /saːw˧˥/ Central /ʂa̰ːw˩˧/ Southern /ʂaːw˧˥/
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clichéd
Adjective
clichéd
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2 senses
Meaning
2 senses
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Adjective

Sense 1 Adjective
clichéd; tired

Describing words or ideas that are overused and lack originality, making them seem uninteresting or very predictable to others.

vi Bài viết của anh ấy có những ý tưởng quá sáo.

en His article has ideas that are too clichéd.

Noun

Sense 2 Noun
starling

A small bird of the starling family that often lives in flocks and is known for mimicking various sounds.

vi Đàn sáo bay lượn trên bầu trời vào buổi chiều.

en The flock of starlings is flying in the sky in the afternoon.

Parts
筲
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
筲
Candidates by syllable
sáo 筲(𠿀 / 𥱫 / 𥳓 / 𪁎)
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
sảo / sạo / sào / sáo sậu …
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Use
nhảy chân sáo / khách sáo / sàng ma sáo / sương sáo …
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