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vượt biên

Pronunciation Northern /vɨə̰ʔt˨˩ ɓiən˧˧/ Central /jɨə̰k˨˨ ɓiəŋ˧˥/ Southern /jɨək˨˩˨ ɓiəŋ˧˧/
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cross the border
Verb
cross the border
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
cross the border Directions, Transport, Travel & TourismTheme Politics, Law, Institutions & SafetyTheme

This verb means to cross a national border or frontier, often illegally or secretly.

vi Họ đã cố gắng vượt biên trong đêm tối.

en They tried to cross the border illegally in the dark.

Sense 2 Verb
flee the country (as a refugee)

This verb describes the action of leaving one's country to seek refuge elsewhere.

vi Nhiều người đã phải vượt biên để tìm kiếm cuộc sống mới.

en Many people had to flee across the border to seek a new life.

Parts
vượt / biên / 𣾼邊
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𣾼邊
Candidates by syllable
vượt 𣾼(𨅿) biên 邊(編)
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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vượt trội / vượt cạn / vượt qua / vượt bậc …
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