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cào bằng

Pronunciation Northern /ka̤ːw˨˩ ɓa̤ŋ˨˩/ Central /kaːw˧˧ ɓaŋ˧˧/ Southern /kaːw˨˩ ɓaŋ˨˩/
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level down
Verb
level down

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1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
to level down or equalize Agreement, Evaluation, CritiqueTheme

To treat or view different people or things as being the same, often by ignoring important distinctions.

vi Không nên cào bằng mức lương giữa những người có năng lực khác nhau.

en We should not level down the salaries of people with different abilities.

Parts
cào / bằng / A compound of cào + bằng …
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Components

Components

cào bằng

OriginA compound of cào + bằng

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
搞凭
Candidates by syllable
cào 搞（鎬 / 𢲵 / 檺） bằng 凭
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
cao bằng / cào / cào cào / cào cấu …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Starts with this word

cào/cào cào/cào cấu/cào xới

Use
bài cào / bồ cào / cồn cào / giã cào …
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cào (rake) — words using
bằng (by means of) — words using
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