đầu tắt mặt tối
Pronunciation
Northern
/ɗə̤w˨˩ tat˧˥ ma̰ʔt˨˩ toj˧˥/
Central
/ɗəw˧˧ ta̰k˩˧ ma̰k˨˨ to̰j˩˧/
Southern
/ɗəw˨˩ tak˧˥ mak˨˩˨ toj˧˥/
Listen
extremely busy
Adjective
extremely busy
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Adjective
extremely busy Work & Money
Being extremely busy describes a person who has so much work that they have absolutely no time to rest.
vi Cô ấy bận rộn đầu tắt mặt tối cả ngày.
en She is extremely busy all day long.
Parts
đầu / tắt / 頭熄𩈘最
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Parts
đầu / tắt / 頭熄𩈘最
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
頭熄𩈘最
Candidates by syllable
đầu
頭
tắt
熄（𤇩 / 𤎕 / 𨄠）
mặt
𩈘
tối
最
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.
Use
bắt đầu / đầu tư / đầu tiên / đầu bếp …
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bắt đầu / đầu tư / đầu tiên / đầu bếp …