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Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *pɛh (“to break in two, to pick”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *pih ~ *peh ~ *pɛh. Cognate with Arem pɛh, Khmu pɛh, Khmer បេះ (beh), Semai pèh.
Pronunciation
Verb
bẻ • (把, 𢯏)
- to break; to snap
- bẻ đôi ― to break/snap in two
- một chữ bẻ đôi (cũng/còn) không biết ― to be illiterate / poorly educated (literally, “would not be able to even recognize a character broken in two”)
- một nốt nhạc bẻ đôi (cũng/còn) không biết ― to be musically illiterate (literally, “would not be able to even recognize a musical note broken in two”)
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