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tẩu vi thượng sách

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fleeing is the best policy
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fleeing is the best policy

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Phrase
fleeing is the best policy Movement & SportTheme

A piece of advice suggesting that running away is the best option when facing a dangerous situation.

vi Trong tình huống nguy hiểm này, tẩu vi thượng sách là tốt nhất.

en In this dangerous situation, fleeing is the best policy.

Parts
tẩu / vi / thượng sách …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 走為上策

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
走為上策
Candidates by syllable
tẩu 走 vi 微(違) thượng 上 sách 册
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
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tẩu hỏa nhập ma / tẩu / tẩu thuốc / tẩu tán …
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Use
tam thập lục kế tẩu vi thượng sách / hành tẩu / đào tẩu / tẩu thoát …
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