đắng cay
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bitter
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bitter
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Adjective
bitter Properties & States
Bitter or painful in feeling, sometimes emotionally harsh.
Parts
đắng / cay / A compound of đắng + cay …
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Parts
đắng / cay / A compound of đắng + cay …
OriginA compound of đắng + cay
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
䔲咳
Candidates by syllable
đắng
䔲（櫈 / 𡂱 / 𡃻 / 𧃵）
cay
咳（𡀲 / 𠹽 / 𨐮 / 𨢟）
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
đắng / đắng nghét / đắng lòng
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Similar
đắng / đắng nghét / đắng lòng
Use
cay đắng / mướp đắng / ngải đắng / kẹo đắng …
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Use
cay đắng / mướp đắng / ngải đắng / kẹo đắng …