nhai lại
Pronunciation
Northern
/ɲaːj˧˧ la̰ːʔj˨˩/
Central
/ɲaːj˧˥ la̰ːj˨˨/
Southern
/ɲaːj˧˧ laːj˨˩˨/
re-chew
3 senses
2 Components
Verb
re-chew
Verb
chew the cud
Verb
dwell on the past
Details
3 senses
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Details
3 senses
Sense 1
Verb
re-chew
Animals & Pets
To grind food once more in the mouth before swallowing it again.
vi Con bò đang đứng nhai lại cỏ một cách thong thả.
en The cow is standing and re-chewing the grass slowly.
Sense 2
Verb
chew the cud
To chew the cud, typically by certain animals such as cows or sheep.
vi Động vật nhai lại thường dành nhiều thời gian để tiêu hóa thức ăn.
en Ruminant animals often spend a lot of time chewing the cud.
Sense 3
Verb
dwell on the past
To repeatedly discuss or mention past issues that are no longer relevant or welcome.
vi Đừng nhai lại những chuyện đã qua nữa.
en Stop dwelling on issues from the past.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
啀吏
Candidates by syllable
nhai
啀（𠽎）
lại
吏
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.