tê dại
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Adjective
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A state of losing sensation or being unable to move due to extreme conditions.
vi Đôi bàn tay tôi đã tê dại đi vì cái lạnh mùa đông.
en My hands have become numb from the winter cold.
Parts
tê / dại / A compound of tê + dại …
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Parts
tê / dại / A compound of tê + dại …
OriginA compound of tê + dại
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
嘶𠻇
Candidates by syllable
tê
嘶（犀 / 痹 / 𤷒 / 𤺳）
dại
𠻇（𤵺 / 𥹞）
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
phê như con tê tê / thuốc tê / tê giác / tê cóng …
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Use
phê như con tê tê / thuốc tê / tê giác / tê cóng …