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đùn đẩy

Pronunciation Northern /ɗṳn˨˩ ɗə̰j˧˩˧/ Central /ɗuŋ˧˧ ɗəj˧˩˨/ Southern /ɗuŋ˨˩ ɗəj˨˩˦/
to shirk responsibility
Verb
to shirk responsibility

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
to shirk responsibility

The act of avoiding or intentionally pushing one's own responsibilities or tasks onto someone else.

vi Đừng đùn đẩy trách nhiệm của mình cho người khác.

en Do not shirk your responsibilities onto someone else.

Parts
đùn / đẩy / 扽𢱜
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
扽𢱜
Candidates by syllable
đùn 扽(炖 / 𡶁 / 𩂄) đẩy 𢱜
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
đun đẩy / đùn / đùn đùn / xe đẩy …
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Use
ỉa đùn / đưa đẩy / thúc đẩy / đẩy mạnh …
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