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tiết chế

Pronunciation Northern /tiət˧˥ ʨe˧˥/ Central /tiə̰k˩˧ ʨḛ˩˧/ Southern /tiək˧˥ ʨe˧˥/
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restrain
Verb
restrain
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Verb

Sense 1 Verb
restrain Core ActionsTheme JobsTag

To control, limit, or regulate one's actions and general behavior.

vi Bạn cần học cách tiết chế cảm xúc trong những cuộc tranh luận.

en You need to learn to restrain your emotions during arguments.

Noun

Sense 2 Noun
commander

(Historical) The supreme commander of all armed forces in feudal Vietnam, e.g. Trần Hưng Đạo.

vi Vị tiết chế đang ra lệnh cho quân đội tập hợp.

en The commander is ordering the troops to assemble.

Parts
tiết / chế / 節制
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
節制
Candidates by syllable
tiết 節 chế 制
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
điều độ / kiềm chế / tự chế / restrain …
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Use
quốc công tiết chế / thời tiết / tiết kiệm / tình tiết …
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