làm lẽ
Pronunciation
Northern
/la̤ːm˨˩ lɛʔɛ˧˥/
Central
/laːm˧˧ lɛ˧˩˨/
Southern
/laːm˨˩ lɛ˨˩˦/
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be a minor wife
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be a minor wife
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
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be a minor wife
To live as a secondary or minor wife within historical social systems that permitted multiple marriages.
vi Trong xã hội xưa, nhiều phụ nữ phải chấp nhận cảnh đi làm lẽ.
en In the old society, many women had to accept being a minor wife.
Parts
làm / lẽ / 𫜵𠲥
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Parts
làm / lẽ / 𫜵𠲥
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𫜵𠲥
Candidates by syllable
làm
𫜵
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.
Similar
làm lễ / phải lẽ / đáng lẽ / ngã lẽ …
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Similar
làm lễ / phải lẽ / đáng lẽ / ngã lẽ …
Use
việc làm / làm việc / làm vườn / làm tình …
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Use
việc làm / làm việc / làm vườn / làm tình …