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mạ lị

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insult
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insult

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
insult

To insult someone is to say or do something that is offensive and shows no respect.

vi Đừng bao giờ dùng những lời lẽ mạ lị để nói về người khác.

en Never use insults when talking about others.

Parts
mạ / lị / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 駡詈 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 駡詈

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
駡詈
Candidates by syllable
mạ 罵(𣟭 / 𥢂 / 𨬈) lị 涖(痢)
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.
Similar
chứ lị / tỉnh lị / huyện lị / kiết lị
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Use
lăng mạ / thống mạ / thóa mạ / mạ điện …
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