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cấu xé

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claw and tear
Verb
claw and tear
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
claw and tear Core ActionsTheme

To use claws, nails, or teeth to scratch and tear something apart.

vi Hai con vật đang cấu xé lẫn nhau để giành thức ăn.

en The two animals are clawing and tearing at each other for food.

Sense 2 Verb
attack

To attack someone in a very violent and uncontrolled or frantic manner.

vi Đám đông giận dữ lao vào cấu xé tên trộm.

en The angry crowd rushed to attack the thief.

Parts
cấu / xé / 搆熾
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
搆熾
Candidates by syllable
cấu 搆(𡒫 / 𢲤 / 𢲱) xé 熾(𢹊)
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
giằng xé / cần xé / cắn xé / xâu xé
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Use
cấu trúc / giao cấu / cấu thành / cấu véo …
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