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trái lại

Pronunciation Northern /ʨaːj˧˥ la̰ːʔj˨˩/ Central /tʂa̰ːj˩˧ la̰ːj˨˨/ Southern /tʂaːj˧˥ laːj˨˩˨/
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on the contrary
Conjunction
on the contrary
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Meaning
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Sense 1 Conjunction
on the contrary Discourse & LogicTheme

A word used to express a meaning that is completely opposite to what has just been stated.

vi Tôi nghĩ anh ấy sẽ đi, nhưng trái lại anh ấy vẫn ở nhà.

en I thought he would go, but on the contrary, he stayed home.

Parts
trái / lại / A compound of trái + lại …
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Components

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trái lại

OriginA compound of trái + lại

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
賴吏
Candidates by syllable
trái 賴 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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on the contrary vi: trái lại / ja: 反対 / WordNet aligned
Use
trái đất / trái tim / trái cây / sai trái …
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trái (left) — words using
lại (again) — words using
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