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co vòi

chicken out
Verb
chicken out

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1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
chicken out Movement & SportTheme

To retract one's proboscis or tentacles, or (figuratively) to back down or chicken out in fear.

Parts
co / vòi / 抓㖣
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
抓㖣
Candidates by syllable
co 抓(𢮩 / 𢯐 / 𨂗 / 𨔌) vòi 㖣(𦞑 / 𦠽)
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
chòi vòi
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Use
co giật / co quắp / co cơ / kéo co …
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