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năm thì mười hoạ

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once in a blue moon
Adverb
once in a blue moon

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Adverb
once in a blue moon Discourse & LogicTheme

This expression is used to describe an event that happens very rarely or only once in a long time.

vi Năm thì mười họa anh ấy mới về thăm quê.

en He visits his hometown only once in a blue moon.

Parts
năm / thì / mười …
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Components

Components

năm thì mười hoạ
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𠄼時𨑮畫
Candidates by syllable
năm 𠄼（𢆥） thì 時 mười 𨑮（𨒒） hoạ 畫（禍）
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
năm thì mười họa
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Use
thứ năm / tháng năm / trăm năm / năm tháng …
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năm (five) — words using
thì (as for) — words using
mười (ten) — words using
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