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chống chế

Listen
to make excuses
Verb
to make excuses
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
to make excuses

To provide reasons or explanations in order to defend your mistakes or to avoid blame for a specific failure.

vi Anh ấy cố gắng chống chế cho sự chậm trễ của mình.

en He tried to make excuses for his lateness.

Sense 2 Verb
to cope; to resist

To make an effort to deal with difficult situations or to resist negative influences coming from an external source.

vi Họ phải nỗ lực chống chế với những khó khăn hiện tại.

en They must make an effort to cope with current difficulties.

Parts
chống / chế / 製
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
製
Candidates by syllable
chống 棟 chế 制
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.
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justify
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