trộm vía
knock on wood
Interjection
knock on wood
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Interjection
knock on wood Discourse & Logic
A cultural expression used before offering a compliment to an infant to ward off bad luck.
vi Trộm vía em bé trông rất kháu khỉnh.
en Knock on wood, the baby looks very adorable.
Parts
trộm / vía / 囕𡳺
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Parts
trộm / vía / 囕𡳺
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
囕𡳺
Candidates by syllable
trộm
囕（𠑈 / 𥂉 / 𥋕 / 𥌈）
vía
𡳺（𤽶 / 𩏳 / 𩴅 / 𩴬）
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
trộm / trộm nghe / trộm cắp / trộm cướp …
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Similar
trộm / trộm nghe / trộm cắp / trộm cướp …
Use
nói trộm vía / kẻ trộm / ăn trộm / bịt tai trộm chuông …
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Use
nói trộm vía / kẻ trộm / ăn trộm / bịt tai trộm chuông …