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nghèo hèn

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poor and humble
Adjective
poor and humble

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Adjective
poor and humble Properties & StatesTheme

Being very poor and having a low status in society.

vi Anh ấy chưa bao giờ xấu hổ vì hoàn cảnh nghèo hèn của mình.

en He has never been ashamed of his poor and humble background.

Parts
nghèo / hèn / A compound of nghèo + hèn …
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OriginA compound of nghèo + hèn

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
嶢𠍦
Candidates by syllable
nghèo 嶢(𠨪 / 𧹅) hèn 𠍦(𡮷 / 𡮺)
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
nghèo / nghèo đói / nghèo nàn / Nghèo rớt mồng tơi …
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Use
đói nghèo / hiểm nghèo / dân nghèo / nghèo khổ …
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