ngũ đoản

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from and .

Pronunciation

Adjective

ngũ đoản

  1. short in body and limbs
    • 2005 , chapter 2, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Nhà xuất bản Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Kim Dung :
      Người phía sau thân hình ngũ đoản, đầu đội khăn lông, da mặt trắng trẻo, 
      The one behind was short in body and limbs, he wore a shawl, his complexion was fair,