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lên dây

Pronunciation Northern /len˧˧ zəj˧˧/ Central /len˧˥ jəj˧˥/ Southern /ləːŋ˧˧ jəj˧˧/
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wind up
Verb
wind up
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Meaning
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To wind up is to tighten the spring of a mechanical device to provide it with energy.

vi Tôi cần phải lên dây cho chiếc đồng hồ cơ cũ này.

en I need to wind up this old mechanical clock.

Parts
lên / dây / 𨖲絏
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Components

Components

lên dây
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𨖲絏
Candidates by syllable
lên 𨖲 dây 絏
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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lên / lên cao / lên giường / lên mặt …
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Starts with this word

lên/lên cao/lên giường/lên mặt/lên đạn/lên giọng/lên mây

Ends with this word

sắn dây/lý thuyết dây/giật dây/nối dây/ba dây/leo dây/pháo dây

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wind up vi: lên dây / ja: 巻く / WordNet aligned
Use
tiến lên / lên men / lên đỉnh / lên đường …
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lên (go up) — words using
dây (rope) — words using
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