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lùi bước

Pronunciation Northern /lṳj˨˩ ɓɨək˧˥/ Central /luj˧˧ ɓɨə̰k˩˧/ Southern /luj˨˩ ɓɨək˧˥/
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retreat
Verb
retreat

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
retreat

The act of moving backward away from a difficult situation, or to withdraw from a previously held position.

vi Đội quân buộc phải lùi bước trước sự tấn công mạnh mẽ của đối phương.

en The army was forced to retreat in the face of the enemy's strong attack.

Parts
lùi / bước / 𤈞𨀈
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𤈞𨀈
Candidates by syllable
lùi 𤈞 bước 𨀈
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
rút lui / thoái lui / lùi / Lùi xùi …
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Use
khoảng lùi / bàn lùi / đẩy lùi / thụt lùi …
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