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bôi nhọ

Pronunciation Northern /ɓoj˧˧ ɲɔ̰ʔ˨˩/ Central /ɓoj˧˥ ɲɔ̰˨˨/ Southern /ɓoj˧˧ ɲɔ˨˩˨/
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to defame
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to defame

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
to defame Core ActionsTheme

To defame or bad-mouth someone means to damage their reputation or honor by spreading false, harmful information or making derogatory comments about their character and actions.

vi Họ đã cố tình bôi nhọ danh dự của anh ấy trước công chúng.

en They intentionally tried to defame his reputation before the public.

Parts
bôi / nhọ / A compound of bôi + nhọ …
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OriginA compound of bôi + nhọ

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
杯孺
Candidates by syllable
bôi 杯(盃) nhọ 孺
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
bôi đen / bôi / bôi trơn / bôi bàn
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Use
sông bôi / nói đãi bôi / bôi bác / mỡ đặc bôi trơn …
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