khấp khởi

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Vietnamese

Etymology

-âp reduplication of khởi.

Pronunciation

Adjective

khấp khởi

  1. happy without showing it, internally elated
    • 1978, Chu Lai, chapter 2, in Nắng đồng bằng, NXB Quân đội Nhân dân:
      Đêm thứ năm, đang khấp khởi mừng vì len lách sắp tới nơi thì bị lộ.
      The fifth night, while silently happy because they had almost sneaked to where they needed to go, they were discovered.