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nhai lại

Pronunciation Northern /ɲaːj˧˧ la̰ːʔj˨˩/ Central /ɲaːj˧˥ la̰ːj˨˨/ Southern /ɲaːj˧˧ laːj˨˩˨/
Listen
re-chew
Verb
re-chew
+2 more senses

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3 senses 2 Components
Meaning
3 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
re-chew Animals & PlantsTheme

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 Animals & PlantsTheme

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 Discourse, Logic, Comparison & ModalityTheme Usage derogatory

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.

Parts
nhai / lại / 啀吏
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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.
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nhai / nhai nhải
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Use
sinh nhai / bảo nhai / võ nhai / kim âu, hoa nhai …
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