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quá tam ba bận

Pronunciation Northern /kwaː˧˥ taːm˧˧ ɓaː˧˧ ɓə̰ʔn˨˩/ Central /kwa̰ː˩˧ taːm˧˥ ɓaː˧˥ ɓə̰ŋ˨˨/ Southern /waː˧˥ taːm˧˧ ɓaː˧˧ ɓəŋ˨˩˨/
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third time s a charm
Phrase
third time s a charm

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third time s a charm

This phrase suggests that after three attempts, the likelihood of achieving success begins to decrease significantly.

vi Anh ấy không muốn thử lại vì nghĩ rằng quá tam ba bận.

en He did not want to try again, thinking that the chance of success decreases after three attempts.

Parts
quá / tam / 過三爸絆
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
過三爸絆
Candidates by syllable
quá 過 tam 三 ba 爸 bận 絆(𦁂)
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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ăn bận
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quá khứ / quá sức / thái quá / quá giang …
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