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ngoại xâm

Pronunciation Northern /ŋwa̰ːʔj˨˩ səm˧˧/ Central /ŋwa̰ːj˨˨ səm˧˥/ Southern /ŋwaːj˨˩˨ səm˧˧/
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foreign invasion
Noun
foreign invasion

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
foreign invasion Discourse & LogicTheme

The act of a foreign country's military entering and attempting to take control of another nation's territory.

vi Đất nước đã cùng nhau đứng lên chống lại ngoại xâm.

en The country rose up together to fight against the foreign invasion.

Parts
ngoại / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 外侵 / 外侵
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Components

Components

ngoại

OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 外侵

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
外侵
Candidates by syllable
ngoại 外 xâm 侵
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.
Use
ngoại truyện / ngoại ngữ / ý tại ngôn ngoại / dã ngoại
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ngoại (foreign) — words using
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