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Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 謀求.
Pronunciation
Verb
mưu cầu
- (literary) to pursue; to seek
1945, Hồ Chí Minh, Tuyên-ngôn Độc-lập của nước Việt-Nam Dân-chủ Cộng-hòa [Declaration of independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam]; English translation based on Ho Chi Minh: Selected Works, volume 3, Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1960–1962, pages 17–21:« [...] Tạo-hóa cho họ những quyền không ai có thể xâm-phạm được, trong những quyền ấy, có quyền được sống, quyền tự-do và quyền mưu cầu hạnh-phúc. »- " They are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness".