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đốt sừng tê

Pronunciation Northern /ɗot˧˥ sɨ̤ŋ˨˩ te˧˧/ Central /ɗo̰k˩˧ ʂɨŋ˧˧ te˧˥/ Southern /ɗok˧˥ ʂɨŋ˨˩ te˧˧/
burning rhinoceros horn
Proper noun
burning rhinoceros horn

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Proper noun
burning rhinoceros horn Culture, Arts & Proper NamesTheme

An allusion to Taizhen (Thái Chân) burning a rhinoceros horn to light up and reveal ghosts and demons.

vi Ông nội tôi kể cho tôi nghe tích đốt sừng tê khi hai ông cháu đọc sách cổ.

en My grandfather told me the story of burning the rhinoceros horn while the two of us were reading an old book.

Parts
đốt / 茁𧤁嘶
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
茁𧤁嘶
Candidates by syllable
đốt 茁(炪 / 𢱞 / 𤋿 / 𥯝) sừng 𧤁(𧤂) tê 嘶(犀 / 痹 / 𤷒 / 𤺳)
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.
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đốt phá / thiêu đốt / khí đốt / chất đốt …
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