"kim chỉ nam" meaning in Vietnamese

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        "tr": "chỉ nam châm"
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  "etymology_text": "kim (“needle”) + chỉ nam (“guide”), calque of Chinese 指南針／指南针 (chỉ nam châm, “compass”, literally “southward needle”). In Chinese philosophy, south is a favorable \"yang\" direction, as opposed to north which is a \"yin\" direction. Compare 指南 (chỉ nam, “to point south”), 南北 (nam bắc, “south and north”) and 敗北／败北 (bại bắc, “defeat”, literally “to retreat to the north”), and certain ways to position things in fengshui to conform to the south-first-north-second orientation. Compare the meanings of the Latin auto-antonym sinister (“left”) which is either \"auspicious\" if one is facing south and east is to their left per Roman tradition, or \"inauspicious\" if one is facing north and west is to their left per Greek tradition.",
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        "(figurative) a compass"
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    {
      "ipa": "[kim˧˧ t͡ɕɪj˧˨ naːm˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kim˧˧ cɪj˨˩˦ naːm˧˧]",
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    {
      "ipa": "[kim˧˧ t͡ɕɪj˧˨ naːm˧˧]",
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        "Huế"
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    {
      "ipa": "[kim˧˧ cɪj˨˩˦ naːm˧˧]",
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  "word": "kim chỉ nam"
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