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Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 命; this is the Northern form. Doublet of mạng, the Southern form.
Pronunciation
Noun
mệnh
- (uncommon) life
- Synonym: mạng
- (rare, literary) fate
- Synonyms: vận mệnh, số mệnh
- (archaic or Chinese fiction) order from the monarch
- Synonym: mệnh lệnh
Tuân mệnh/lệnh/chỉ!- Roger! / As you wish, my liege!
- (occult) the wuxing element you're associated with, which dictates your luck and the kind of people you can get along with
Mệnh hoả không hạp với mệnh thuỷ.- "Fire people" don't get along with "water people".
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