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thất thủ

Pronunciation
IPA
Northern /tʰət˧˥ tʰṵ˧˩˧/ Central /tʰə̰k˩˧ tʰu˧˩˨/ Southern /tʰək˧˥ tʰu˨˩˦/
fall to enemy
Verb
fall to enemy

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1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
fall to enemy

To be defeated or to lose control of something to an enemy.

vi Thành phố đã thất thủ sau nhiều ngày bị bao vây.

en The city fell to the enemy after many days of siege.

Parts
thất / thủ / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 失守 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 失守

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
失守
Candidates by syllable
thất 失 thủ 首
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.
Similar
thất thu / giữ vững / cố thủ
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Use
thất bại / thất vọng / nội thất / thánh thất …
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