kéo cưa
Pronunciation
Northern
/kɛw˧˥ kɨə˧˧/
Central
/kɛ̰w˩˧ kɨə˧˥/
Southern
/kɛw˧˥ kɨə˧˧/
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Verb
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To continue for an unnecessarily long time, often becoming boring or tiresome for the people involved in the situation.
vi Cuộc thảo luận cứ kéo cưa mãi mà không đi đến kết quả.
en The discussion just dragged on without reaching a result.
Parts
kéo / cưa / 撟剧
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Parts
kéo / cưa / 撟剧
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
撟剧
Candidates by syllable
kéo
撟（捁 / 𢫃 / 𢹣 / 𦀽）
cưa
剧（鋸）
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.
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dây dưa / kéo / kéo búa bao / kéo bè …
Use
trì kéo / ngăn kéo / kéo dài / chèo kéo …
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Use
trì kéo / ngăn kéo / kéo dài / chèo kéo …