bốc thăm
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draw lots
Verb
draw lots
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Verb
draw lots Core Actions & Operation
To draw lots is to decide something randomly by picking an object from a group of similar items.
vi Họ tổ chức bốc thăm để chia đội bóng.
en They held a draw to decide the teams.
Parts
bốc / thăm / A compound of bốc + thăm …
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Parts
bốc / thăm / A compound of bốc + thăm …
OriginA compound of bốc + thăm
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
扑探
Candidates by syllable
bốc
扑（卜 / 𡃒）
thăm
探
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
bốc lửa / bốc khói / bốc phét / bốc mùi …
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Use
bốc lửa / bốc khói / bốc phét / bốc mùi …