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tiêu ma

Pronunciation Northern /tiəw˧˧ maː˧˧/ Central /tiəw˧˥ maː˧˥/ Southern /tiəw˧˧ maː˧˧/
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to vanish or waste
Verb
to vanish or waste

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Meaning
1 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
to vanish or waste Core ActionsTheme

To go down the drain means to be completely lost or reduced to nothing through waste or failure.

vi Toàn bộ vốn liếng của ông ấy đã tiêu ma vì kinh doanh thất bại.

en All his capital went down the drain because of the failed business.

Parts
tiêu / ma / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 消磨 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 消磨

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
消磨
Candidates by syllable
tiêu 椒 ma 麻(魔)
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
tiếu mạ
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Use
mục tiêu / tiêu dùng / hồ tiêu / hạt tiêu …
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