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đổ thừa

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to pass the buck
Verb
to pass the buck
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
to pass the buck Core ActionsTheme

To shift the blame or responsibility for one's own mistakes to another person.

vi Đừng đổ thừa lỗi lầm của mình cho người khác.

en Do not pass the buck for your own mistakes to others.

Parts
đổ / thừa / A compound of đổ + thừa …
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Components

Components

đổ thừa

OriginA compound of đổ + thừa

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
賭承
Candidates by syllable
đổ 賭（𧺂） thừa 承（丞）
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
đồ thừa
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Use
sụp đổ / đổ vỡ / đổ đốn / trúc đổ …
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đổ (to pour) — words using
thừa (unnecessary or lefto…) — words using
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