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chao đảo

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stagger
Verb
stagger
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
stagger Core ActionsTheme

To lean from side to side and lose one's balance while moving along.

vi Sau khi bị chóng mặt đột ngột, anh ấy bước đi chao đảo trên đường.

en After getting suddenly dizzy, he staggered along the street.

Sense 2 Verb
waver

Being in an unstable state and easily changing one's mind or specific viewpoint.

vi Niềm tin của cô ấy bắt đầu chao đảo trước những lời đồn thổi thất thiệt.

en Her faith began to waver in the face of false rumors.

Parts
chao / đảo / 洲島
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
洲島
Candidates by syllable
chao 洲 đảo 島
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
loạng choạng / chao ôi / chao / chao động …
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Use
ôi chao / khẩu chao / bồ chao / ghế chao …
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