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động thổ

Pronunciation Northern /ɗə̰ʔwŋ˨˩ tʰo̰˧˩˧/ Central /ɗə̰wŋ˨˨ tʰo˧˩˨/ Southern /ɗəwŋ˨˩˨ tʰo˨˩˦/
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break ground
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break ground
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Meaning
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break ground Core ActionsTheme

The act of starting a construction project by digging into the earth.

vi Họ sẽ động thổ xây dựng tòa nhà mới vào tuần tới.

en They will break ground for the new building next week.

Parts
động / thổ / 動土
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Components

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động thổ
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
動土
Candidates by syllable
động 動 thổ 土
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
hoạt động / động vật / tác động / lao động …
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động (touch) — words using
thổ (Earth element) — words using
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