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Vietnamese
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Adjective
choắt • (, 拙, 捉)
- stunted; dwarfed; shrunken; shriveled
- 1941, Tô Hoài, Dế Mèn Phiêu Lưu Ký (Adventures of a Cricket), Ch. 1
Bên hàng xóm tôi có cái hang của Dế Choắt. Dế Choắt là tên tôi đặt cho nó một cách chế diễu và trịch thượng thế.- Neighboring mine was the cave belonging to Scrawny Cricket. Scrawny Cricket was a mocking and condescending nickname I called him.
- (figurative) petite; tiny
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