cầm đầu
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ringlead
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ringlead
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Verb
ringlead Politics, Law, Institutions & Safety
To act as the leader or mastermind of a group, often in a criminal activity.
vi Hắn ta bị buộc tội cầm đầu một băng nhóm tội phạm.
en He was accused of leading a criminal gang.
Parts
cầm / đầu / A compound of cầm + đầu …
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Parts
cầm / đầu / A compound of cầm + đầu …
OriginA compound of cầm + đầu
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
琴頭
Candidates by syllable
cầm
琴（扲 / 禽 / 𨆓）
đầu
頭
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
cắm đầu / đi theo / tuân theo / phục tùng
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Similar
cắm đầu / đi theo / tuân theo / phục tùng
Use
dương cầm / thiên cầm / cổ cầm / tây ban cầm …
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Use
dương cầm / thiên cầm / cổ cầm / tây ban cầm …