"chìm nổi" meaning in Vietnamese

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "chìm",
        "3": "nổi",
        "t1": "to be sunk",
        "t2": "to float"
      },
      "expansion": "chìm (“to be sunk”) + nổi (“to float”)",
      "name": "com"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "zh",
        "3": "沉浮",
        "nocap": "y",
        "t": "to sink and then float",
        "tr": "trầm phù"
      },
      "expansion": "calque of Chinese 沉浮 (trầm phù, “to sink and then float”)",
      "name": "cal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "chìm (“to be sunk”) + nổi (“to float”), calque of Chinese 沉浮 (trầm phù, “to sink and then float”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "沉𬈗",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "vi",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": "沉𬈗"
      },
      "expansion": "chìm nổi • (沉𬈗)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "沉𬈗"
      },
      "expansion": "chìm nổi • (沉𬈗)",
      "name": "vi-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to sink and then float (especially repeatedly)"
      ],
      "id": "en-chìm_nổi-vi-verb-rgO-~CoD",
      "links": [
        [
          "sink",
          "sink#English"
        ],
        [
          "float",
          "float#English"
        ],
        [
          "repeatedly",
          "repeatedly#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to struggle in the vicissitudes"
      ],
      "id": "en-chìm_nổi-vi-verb-fW~bIMdg",
      "links": [
        [
          "struggle",
          "struggle#English"
        ],
        [
          "vicissitude",
          "vicissitude#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to struggle in the vicissitudes"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕim˨˩ noj˧˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕim˦˩ noj˧˨]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[cim˨˩ noj˨˩˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Hồ-Chí-Minh-City"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chìm nổi"
}

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    "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Vietnamese lemmas",
    "Vietnamese terms calqued from Chinese",
    "Vietnamese terms derived from Chinese",
    "Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Vietnamese verbs"
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "chìm",
        "3": "nổi",
        "t1": "to be sunk",
        "t2": "to float"
      },
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      "name": "com"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "zh",
        "3": "沉浮",
        "nocap": "y",
        "t": "to sink and then float",
        "tr": "trầm phù"
      },
      "expansion": "calque of Chinese 沉浮 (trầm phù, “to sink and then float”)",
      "name": "cal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "chìm (“to be sunk”) + nổi (“to float”), calque of Chinese 沉浮 (trầm phù, “to sink and then float”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "沉𬈗",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
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        "3": "",
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  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to sink and then float (especially repeatedly)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sink",
          "sink#English"
        ],
        [
          "float",
          "float#English"
        ],
        [
          "repeatedly",
          "repeatedly#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to struggle in the vicissitudes"
      ],
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        [
          "struggle",
          "struggle#English"
        ],
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          "vicissitude",
          "vicissitude#English"
        ]
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        "(figurative) to struggle in the vicissitudes"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[t͡ɕim˨˩ noj˧˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕim˦˩ noj˧˨]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[cim˨˩ noj˨˩˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Hồ-Chí-Minh-City"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chìm nổi"
}