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già đòn non lẽ

force over reason
Phrase
force over reason

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Phrase
force over reason Discourse, Logic, Comparison & ModalityTheme

This phrase suggests that using force to coerce submission is more effective than attempting to use reason.

vi Anh ta thường dùng cách già đòn non lẽ để giải quyết vấn đề.

en He often uses force over reason to solve problems.

Parts
già đòn / non / lẽ …
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Components

Components

già đòn non lẽ

OriginA compound of già + đòn + non + lẽ

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
伽杶嫩𠲥
Candidates by syllable
già 伽（𦓅） đòn 杶（𤵊） non 嫩 lẽ 𠲥（𨤧）
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.
Use
sinh non / non nước / núi non / non nớt …
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non (young) — words using
lẽ (reason) — words using

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Discourse, Logic, Comparison & ModalityTheme
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