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mộc ngư

wooden fish
Noun
wooden fish

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
wooden fish Discourse & LogicTheme

A wooden percussion instrument used by Buddhist monks to maintain rhythm during the chanting of prayers.

vi Người thợ mộc đang tỉ mỉ đẽo gọt một chiếc mộc ngư mới.

en The carpenter is meticulously carving a new wooden fish.

Parts
mộc / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 木魚 / 木魚
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 木魚

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
木魚
Candidates by syllable
mộc 木(霂) ngư 魚
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
lý ngư / kiểm ngư / ngắc ngư / sào ngư
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Use
thổ mộc / thảo mộc / sao mộc / thợ mộc
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