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kiềm lâu

Pronunciation Northern /kiə̤m˨˩ ləw˧˧/ Central /kiəm˧˧ ləw˧˥/ Southern /kiəm˨˩ ləw˧˧/
impoverished gentleman-scholar
Proper noun
impoverished gentleman-scholar

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Proper noun
impoverished gentleman-scholar Culture, Arts & Proper NamesTheme

An impoverished gentleman-scholar who, at death, had only a single garment that left his feet exposed if it covered his head, and his head exposed if it covered his feet.

vi Hôm qua, tôi đã đọc một cuốn sách về Kiềm Lâu.

en Yesterday, I read a book about Kiềm Lâu.

Parts
kiềm / lâu / 鉗婁
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
鉗婁
Candidates by syllable
kiềm 鉗(拑 / 鈐) lâu 婁(髅 / 𥹰 / 𦧃)
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
kiềm chế / kiềm hãm / kiềm toả / kim loại kiềm …
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