"a dua" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Vietnamese]

IPA: [ʔaː˧˧ zuə˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [ʔaː˧˧ juə˧˧] [Huế], [ʔaː˧˧ juə˧˧] [Hồ-Chí-Minh-City]
Etymology: Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 阿諛 (“to flatter; to butter up”, SV: a du). Etymology templates: {{der|vi|zh|阿諛//|pos=SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">a du</i>|t=to flatter; to butter up|tr=-}} Chinese 阿諛 (“to flatter; to butter up”, SV: a du), {{vi-etym-sino|阿諛|to flatter; to butter up|a du|hv=n}} Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 阿諛 (“to flatter; to butter up”, SV: a du) Head templates: {{head|vi|verb|||head=|tr=}} a dua, {{vi-verb}} a dua
  1. to ape; to blindly imitate (something bad or wrong from others) Synonyms: hùa, vào hùa

Download JSON data for a dua meaning in All languages combined (2.2kB)

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      "ipa": "[ʔaː˧˧ juə˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ʔaː˧˧ juə˧˧]",
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