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lưu dụng

Pronunciation Northern /liw˧˧ zṵʔŋ˨˩/ Central /lɨw˧˥ jṵŋ˨˨/ Southern /lɨw˧˧ juŋ˨˩˨/
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retain
Verb
retain
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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
retain; keep Core ActionsTheme

To continue to employ or keep someone in their current position or role within an organization.

vi Công ty quyết định lưu dụng những nhân viên giỏi.

en The company decided to retain the good employees.

Parts
lưu / dụng / 流用
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Components

Components

lưu dụng
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
流用
Candidates by syllable
lưu 流（留 / 硫 / 琉 / 畱） dụng 用
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
găm / giữ chân / retain
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Same meaning

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retain vi: lưu dụng / ja: 留任 / WordNet aligned
Use
lưu ý / trung lưu / lưu niệm / giao lưu …
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lưu (keep) — words using
dụng (to employ) — words using
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