chém đầu
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decapitate
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decapitate
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Verb
decapitate
To cut off someone's head, usually as a form of execution or due to a severe injury.
vi Tên tội phạm đã bị chém đầu theo luật pháp thời bấy giờ.
en The criminal was beheaded according to the laws of that time.
Parts
chém / đầu / A compound of chém + đầu …
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Parts
chém / đầu / A compound of chém + đầu …
OriginA compound of chém + đầu
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𠛤頭
Candidates by syllable
chém
𠛤（𡃍）
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
chém gió / chém / chém giết / chém tre không dè đầu mặt …
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Similar
chém gió / chém / chém giết / chém tre không dè đầu mặt …
Use
máy chém / chặt chém / giận cá chém thớt / đâm hơi chém gió …
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Use
máy chém / chặt chém / giận cá chém thớt / đâm hơi chém gió …