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cắm đầu

Pronunciation Northern /kam˧˥ ɗə̤w˨˩/ Central /ka̰m˩˧ ɗəw˧˧/ Southern /kam˧˥ ɗəw˨˩/
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to be absorbed
Verb
to be absorbed
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
to be absorbed Core Actions & OperationTheme

To be very focused and give all of one's attention to a particular task or activity.

vi Anh ấy cắm đầu vào làm việc suốt cả ngày.

en He was absorbed in work all day long.

Sense 2 Verb
to do blindly Core Actions & OperationTheme

To act or proceed with something without thinking carefully or considering the possible consequences.

vi Đừng cắm đầu làm mà không suy nghĩ kỹ về hậu quả.

en Do not do things blindly without thinking carefully about the consequences.

Parts
cắm / đầu / 㩒頭
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
㩒頭
Candidates by syllable
cắm 㩒 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
cầm đầu / chú ý / tập trung / chú tâm …
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Use
cắm đầu cắm cổ / cắm trại / cắm sừng / ổ cắm …
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