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cá nước

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fish and water
Noun
fish and water
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 Noun
fish and water

A metaphor for two things that are closely related and inseparable.

vi Tình bạn của họ gắn bó như cá nước.

en Their friendship is as close as fish and water.

Sense 2 Noun
close bond

Referring to a relationship that is very close and harmonious.

vi Hai người họ sống với nhau rất hòa hợp như cá nước.

en The two of them live together very harmoniously like fish and water.

Parts
cá / nước / 个渃
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
个渃
Candidates by syllable
cá 个(個 / 箇 / 𩵜) nước 渃
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
cá nược
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Use
chim trời cá nước / cá nước duyên ưa / cá nhân / chả cá lã vọng …
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