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mưu cầu

Pronunciation Northern /miw˧˧ kə̤w˨˩/ Central /mɨw˧˥ kəw˧˧/ Southern /mɨw˧˧ kəw˨˩/
Listen
to pursue or seek
Verb
to pursue or seek

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1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
to pursue or seek Core ActionsTheme

To actively engage in the process of seeking out or pursuing something specific with the strong desire to achieve certain benefits or goals.

vi Mọi người đều mưu cầu một cuộc sống hạnh phúc.

en Everyone pursues a happy life.

Parts
mưu / cầu / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 謀求 …
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Components

Components

mưu cầu

OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 謀求

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
謀求
Candidates by syllable
mưu 謀（牟） cầu 求
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Use
mưu sát / chủ mưu / mưu tính / mưu trí …
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mưu (scheme) — words using
cầu (jianzi shuttlecock) — words using
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