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lay lắt

Pronunciation Northern /laj˧˧ lat˧˥/ Central /laj˧˥ la̰k˩˧/ Southern /laj˧˧ lak˧˥/
barely surviving
Adverb
barely surviving

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Adverb
barely surviving

Continuing to live or exist in a very weak, difficult, and unstable condition, often close to an end.

vi Ngôi làng nhỏ đang sống lay lắt sau trận bão lớn.

en The small village is barely surviving after the big storm.

Parts
lay / 𢯦搮
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𢯦搮
Candidates by syllable
lay 𢯦 lắt 搮
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
lây lất / lay ơn / lay chuyển / lay …
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Use
lắt lay / lay động / lung lay / thay lay
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