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"ipa": "[tiəŋ˧˧]",
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"Huế"
]
},
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"ipa": "[tiəŋ˧˧]",
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"Hồ-Chí-Minh-City"
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}
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},
{
"english": "Eight Immortals",
"text": "bát tiên",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Hằng Nga Tiên tử\nHeng'e the Hermit",
"type": "example"
}
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"god",
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"english": "the Little Mermaid",
"text": "Nàng tiên cá",
"type": "example"
}
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"Huế"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[tiəŋ˧˧]",
"tags": [
"Hồ-Chí-Minh-City"
]
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{
"homophone": "Tiên"
}
],
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}
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"Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
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"Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"(only in fixed Sino-Vietnamese expressions) first; prior; before"
]
}
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"text": "thần tiên",
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"english": "Eight Immortals",
"text": "bát tiên",
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},
{
"text": "Hằng Nga Tiên tử\nHeng'e the Hermit",
"type": "example"
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"a hermit (either of human or yokai origin) who trains themselves for thousands of years to become a immortals, or a state of existence between a human (nhân) and a god (thần)"
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"Chinese",
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"human",
"human"
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"yokai",
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"origin",
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[
"train",
"train"
],
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"thousands",
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"year",
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[
"become",
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],
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"immortals",
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],
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"state",
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],
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"existence",
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],
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"nhân",
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],
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"god",
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],
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"Chinese"
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"text": "cô tiên xanh",
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},
{
"english": "the Little Mermaid",
"text": "Nàng tiên cá",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"fantasy",
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],
[
"fine",
"fine"
],
[
"beautiful",
"beautiful"
],
[
"creature",
"creature"
],
[
"fairy",
"fairy"
],
[
"pixie",
"pixie"
],
[
"undine",
"undine"
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[
"elf",
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[
"dryad",
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"mermaid",
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],
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"Western",
"broadly"
],
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"fantasy"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"Hà-Nội"
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},
{
"ipa": "[tiəŋ˧˧]",
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"Huế"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[tiəŋ˧˧]",
"tags": [
"Hồ-Chí-Minh-City"
]
},
{
"homophone": "Tiên"
}
],
"word": "tiên"
}
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