mèo già hoá cáo
Pronunciation
Northern
/mɛ̤w˨˩ za̤ː˨˩ hwaː˧˥ kaːw˧˥/
Central
/mɛw˧˧ jaː˧˧ hwa̰ː˩˧ ka̰ːw˩˧/
Southern
/mɛw˨˩ jaː˨˩ hwaː˧˥ kaːw˧˥/
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cunning with age
proverb
cunning with age
1 senses
4 Components
Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
proverb
cunning with age Core Actions
An idiom suggesting that people become more clever or cunning as they gain experience.
vi Anh ta đã làm việc ở đây lâu năm nên đúng là mèo già hoá cáo.
en He has worked here for a long time, so he has truly become cunning with age.
Parts
mèo / già / hoá …
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Parts
mèo / già / hoá …
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
貓伽化吿
Candidates by syllable
mèo
貓
già
伽（𦓅）
hoá
化
cáo
吿（𤞺）
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
táo mèo / con mèo / chó chê mèo mửa / o mèo …
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Use
táo mèo / con mèo / chó chê mèo mửa / o mèo …