đổ thừa
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to pass the buck
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to pass the buck
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Verb
to pass the buck
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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Parts
đổ / thừa / A compound of 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.
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đồ thừa
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đồ thừa
Use
sụp đổ / đổ vỡ / đổ đốn / trúc đổ …
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Use
sụp đổ / đổ vỡ / đổ đốn / trúc đổ …