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cấm cố

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to detain
Verb
to detain

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1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
to detain Core ActionsTheme

To detain means to keep someone in official custody, to confine them, or to restrain their personal freedom.

vi Nghi phạm đang bị cấm cố để phục vụ công tác điều tra.

en The suspect is being detained for the investigation work.

Parts
cấm / cố / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 禁錮 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 禁錮

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
禁錮
Candidates by syllable
cấm 禁 cố 故(固 / 顧)
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
cầm cố / cầm cờ
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Use
cấm cung / cấm cửa / cấm túc / quốc cấm …
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