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tiên nho

Pronunciation Northern /tiən˧˧ ɲɔ˧˧/ Central /tiəŋ˧˥ ɲɔ˧˥/ Southern /tiəŋ˧˧ ɲɔ˧˧/
ancient scholar
Noun
ancient scholar

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
ancient scholar Discourse & LogicTheme

A term of respect used to refer to Confucian scholars or learned individuals who lived during historical periods in the distant past.

vi Những lời dạy của các vị tiên nho vẫn còn giá trị đến ngày nay.

en The teachings of the ancient scholars are still valuable today.

Parts
tiên / nho / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 先儒 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 先儒

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
先儒
Candidates by syllable
tiên 仙 nho 儒
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.
Use
đầu tiên / tiên tri / tiên sinh / tổ tiên …
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