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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 千里.
Noun
(classifier cây, bông, hoa) thiên lí
- Tonkin jasmine (Telosma cordata)
- bông thiên lí xào thịt bò ― stir-fried Tonkin jasmine flowers and beef
2012 February 16, Hương Liên MD, “Hoa thiên lí, những món ăn và bài thuốc hay [Cowslip creeper blossoms, delicious dishes and efficacious medicinal prescriptions]”, in Yenmiss.violet.vn:Ở nông thôn, nhiều nhà có giàn thiên lí.- In the countryside, many households grow cowslip creepers on trellises.
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 天理.
Noun
thiên lí
- (obsolete, literary) rules of nature; laws of nature; natural law
- Synonym: lẽ trời