ọp ẹp

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Vietnamese

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Adjective

ọp ẹp (‑a reduplication ọp à ọp ẹp)

  1. broken-down, tottering, cranky
    • 1949, Trường Chinh, “Tích cực cầm cự và chuẩn bị phản công”, in Văn kiện Đảng toàn tập, volume 10, Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Chính trị quốc gia, page 32:
      Cái nhà của Tưởng đã ọp ẹp, sắp sụp đổ, Mỹ khuân đại bác sang làm cột, mỹ kim làm nền tảng cũng không sao chỗng đỡ cho nó đứng vững lại được nữa.
      Chiang 's house is tottering and about to collapse, the Americans bring there big guns to serve as pillars, dollars to serve as foundation, but are still unable to make it standing straight up again.