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Meaning
2 senses
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Noun
A genus of flowering climbing plants often grown for their attractive blossoms in gardens.
vi Giàn hoa cát đằng đang nở rộ trước cổng nhà.
en The thunbergia vine is blooming in full at the house gate.
Proper noun
A literary word for a concubine (a secondary wife); same as cát lũy.
vi Trong truyện ông kể, người con gái nghèo đành chịu phận cát đằng nơi nhà quan.
en In the story my grandfather told, the poor girl had to resign herself to the lot of a concubine in a mandarin's household.