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Vietnamese
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Adjective
suông • (冲, 充, 㤝, 衝, 𫁔, 𬔔)
- (now chiefly in some expressions, usually with negative connotations) by itself; uncompanied
- rượu suông ― alcohol without any side dish
- canh suông ― a watery soup dish that should (but does not) have more ingredients or be part of a meal
- (by extension, of moonlight) bright but not clear, thus giving a cold and dull feeling
- (by extension, of words) empty of promises; said but not done
- lí thuyết suông ― pure theory, not yet vertified with any experiment
1951 July 19, Hồ Chí Minh, “Thực hành sinh ra hiểu biết, hiểu biết tiến lên lý luận, lý luận lãnh đạo thực hành [Practice begets knowledge, knowledge leads to theory, theory guides practice]”, in Nhân Dân, number 17, pages 3-4:Đồng chí Xtalin nói: ‘Lý luận tách rời thực hành là lý luận suông. Thực hành tách rời lý luận là thực hành mù quáng’.- Comrade Stalin said: ‘Theory cut off from practice is empty. Practice cut off from theory is blind’.