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ngấu nghiến

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The act of eating something very quickly and with great hunger.

vi Con mèo đang ăn ngấu nghiến miếng cá.

en The cat is devouring the piece of fish.

Parts
ngấu / nghiến / A compound of ngấu + nghiến …
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Components

Components

ngấu nghiến

OriginA compound of ngấu + nghiến

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𣽀研
Candidates by syllable
ngấu 𣽀（𣿃） nghiến 研（𧢟）
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
ngốn ngấu / ngấu / đay nghiến / guttle
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Easily confused

Same meaning
Starts with this word

ngấu

Ends with this word

đay nghiến

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guttle vi: ngấu nghiến / ja: 貪る / WordNet aligned
Use
ngâu ngấu / đói ngấu / nghiến răng / khóc lóc nghiến răng
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ngấu — words using
nghiến (grind teeth) — words using
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