yết kiêu
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A retainer general of Trần Hưng Đạo skilled in swimming and diving, who according to anecdotes and history secretly dove underwater to bore holes into the boats of the Yuan invaders, and once captured, still managed to escape by leaping into the water.
vi Bà ngoại kể cho tôi nghe chuyện Yết Kiêu lặn xuống nước đục thuyền giặc.
en My grandmother told me the story of Yết Kiêu diving underwater to bore holes in the enemy's boats.