bồ hòn

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Vietnamese

cây bồ hòn ― western soapberry tree

Etymology

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Particularly: “Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 無患 (SV: vô hoạn)? Sense #1 likely relates to sense #2 through some sort of a folktale or myth”

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cây, quả, trái) bồ hòn

  1. western soapberry (Sapindus saponaria)
    Thương nhau củ ấu cũng tròn, ghét nhau thì quả bồ hòn cũng vuông.
    If we care for one another, even water caltrops are round; if we hate each other, even the western soapberry fruit is square.

Verb

bồ hòn

  1. to have no worries

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