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hư văn

Pronunciation Northern /hɨ˧˧ van˧˧/ Central /hɨ˧˥ jaŋ˧˥/ Southern /hɨ˧˧ jaŋ˧˧/
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empty formality
Noun
empty formality

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
empty formality

Rules or customs that are followed without having any real value.

vi Chúng ta nên bỏ bớt những nghi lễ hư văn không cần thiết.

en We should discard unnecessary empty formalities.

Parts
hư / văn / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 虛文 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 虛文

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
虛文
Candidates by syllable
hư 虚 văn 文
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.
Use
hư hỏng / làm hư / con hư tại mẹ, cháu hư tại bà / hư ngụy …
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