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chưng hửng

taken aback
Verb
taken aback
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
taken aback Core ActionsTheme

A feeling of being disappointed or surprised when something does not happen as expected.

vi Anh ấy cảm thấy chưng hửng khi kế hoạch bị hủy.

en He felt taken aback when the plan was cancelled.

Parts
chưng / hửng / 蒸焞
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Components

Components

chưng hửng
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
蒸焞
Candidates by syllable
chưng 蒸（烝） hửng 焞（𢣹 / 𤑍）
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.
Similar
chưng dọn / chưng cất / chưng / chưng diện …
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Starts with this word

chưng dọn/chưng cất/chưng/chưng diện/chưng bày

Ends with this word

tưng hửng/hí hửng/hưng hửng

Use
nhân chưng / bánh chưng / nồi bánh chưng / ở chưng …
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chưng (show off) — words using
hửng (brighten) — words using
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