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ô lại

Pronunciation Northern /o˧˧ la̰ːʔj˨˩/ Central /o˧˥ la̰ːj˨˨/ Southern /o˧˧ laːj˨˩˨/
corrupt official
Noun
corrupt official
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
corrupt official Discourse & LogicTheme

A government official who engages in dishonest or illegal behavior, such as bribery or fraud, for gain.

vi Những tên ô lại đã bị pháp luật trừng trị.

en The corrupt officials were punished by the law.

Parts
ô / lại / 污吏
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Components

Components

ô lại
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
污吏
Candidates by syllable
ô 污（烏 / 嗚 / 杇） lại 吏
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
ở lại
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Use
ô tô / ô nhiễm / kim ô / ra đi ô …
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ô (letter Ô) — words using
lại (again) — words using
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