bớt xén
Pronunciation
Northern
/ɓəːt˧˥ sɛn˧˥/
Central
/ɓə̰ːk˩˧ sɛ̰ŋ˩˧/
Southern
/ɓəːk˧˥ sɛŋ˧˥/
Listen
skim off
Verb
skim off
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Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
skim off; embezzle Core Actions
To illicitly withhold, trim, or skim off a portion of money, supplies, or allowances for personal gain.
vi Người kế toán bị phát hiện đã bớt xén tiền công của công nhân.
en The accountant was found to have skimmed off the workers' wages.
Parts
bớt / xén / 叭闡
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Parts
bớt / xén / 叭闡
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
叭闡
Candidates by syllable
bớt
叭（𣼪 / 𤁙 / 𤴭）
xén
闡
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
bớt / bớt miệng / cắt xén / biếu xén …
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Similar
bớt / bớt miệng / cắt xén / biếu xén …
Use
giảm bớt / bỏ bớt / cắt bớt / thêm bớt …
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Use
giảm bớt / bỏ bớt / cắt bớt / thêm bớt …