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Cô Liên đến chưa? 
Has Miss Lien arrived yet?
Nơi đây an nghĩ Here lies ~ (on a gravestone)
binh nhu military supplies
bá láp to lie, talk nonsense
bán đoạn conveyance of property to another, alienation
bâu (1) to group, swarm (around, over), cluster (flies); (2) collar
bãi dịch to dismiss, fire, remove or relieve somebody of a post
béo phệ obese, paunchy, pot-bellied
bóng câu shadow of a white horse - time flies
bản đồ nổi relief map
bất khả xâm phạm inviolable, sacrosanct, untouchable, inalienable
bắt bướm to catch butterflies
bề sề fat; to lie down
bị ăn hiếp to be bullied, be abused
bụng cóc frog-bellied
bụng phệ pot bellied, fat stomached
bụng ỏng be pot-bellied
chân tu to be a true believer (monk, nun)
chét tay handful, just big enough to lie in one’s hand
chưa có ai tin tưởng ở khám phá này no one as yet believed in this discovery
chẩn tế to bring relief to the needy
chẳng ai có thể tin được no one would believe
chết như rạ to be mowed down, die like flies
con (1) [CL for animals and other small objects]; (2) child; you (said to a child by a parent); I (said to a parent by a child), I (said by a believer to a religious figure); (3) young, small, baby
con chiên believer, member of the flock; the faithful, the congregation
con công đệ tử believers, the faithful, devout follower
cu li coolie
cách chức to dismiss, fire, relieve of one’s duties
công xưởng shop, workshop, atelier
cảm thấy nhẹ nhõm to feel relieved, relief
cấp dưỡng to provide relief for (old or disabled person)
cất chức to remove, relieve (from position), dismiss, discharge
cứu (1) to save, rescue, deliver, relieve; (2) to study, research, examine, investigate
cứu trợ aid, assistance; to aid, help, assist, relieve
cứu tế aid, relief, assistance; to aid, relieve
cứu đói famine relief, food aid
dân phu coolie, laborer
dóc untrue, lie
dẽo dai tough, strong, resilient
dị chủng foreign race, alien race
dị tộc alien race, alien ethnic group
dối to lie, cheat
ghé lưng to lie down for a short while
giáo hữu co-religionist, fellow-believer, churchgoer; priest (Cao Dai)
gió chướng northeast wind, northeasterlies
gió tây westerly winds, westerlies
giải buồn relieve one’s melancholy, relieve the tedium
giải hạn to relieve somebody of his run of bad luck
giải nhiệm to relieve someone of a duty, office, responsibility
giải nhiệt antipyretic, heat-relieving
giải phiền relieve one’s sorrow
giảm đau to relieve pain, kill pain
huyền chức relieve of one’s function
hóa học ứng dụng applied chemistry, practical chemistry
hú hồn what a relief!, whew!
hằm ở to lie in, be located at
hứa phượu to lie
in nổi relief printing
khoa học ứng dụng applied science
khách hàng customer, consumer, client, patron
khó tin difficult to believe, incredible
không tin disbelief; to not believe
không tin được lỗ tai to not believe one’s ears
kiên cường steadfast, resilient, unyielding, ardent, fervent
kìm (1) to restrain; (2) pliers, pincers
kìm cặp squeeze with pliers
kẹp pliers, pincers, tongs; to press together
kết liên unite, be allied
kị sĩ cavalryman, cavalier, horseman
kỵ sĩ cavalier, horseman
liên gia group of families
liên minh to unite, allied, alliance
làm cho mọi người lầm tưởng to make everyone believe (something that isn’t true)
lá sách manyplies, manifold
láo (1) insolent, impertinent; (2) to lie
láo khoét to lie
lòng tin belief, confidence, faith, trust
lầm tưởng to believe mistakenly
lẩn lút hide (oneself) (from), skulk, stay skulking, lie in hiding
lực lượng liên minh allied forces
mai danh live hidden, retire from the world, lie low
mai phục to (lie in) ambush
mấy thế kỷ trước a few centuries before, earlier
mẹp lie flat on one’s face
một ngày trước đó one day before, a day earlier
một số người cho là some people believe (or say) that ~
một sự bất tín, vạn sự không tin a liar is not believed when he speaks the truth
nghĩa thương relief grain fund, public storehouse
ngoại kiều alien, foreigner, foreign national
ngoại lai alien, exotic, foreign, from the outside
người ngoài outsider, bystander, alien, laity
ngả lưng to rest, lie down
ngỡ to believe, think
nhem nhúa soiled sullied
như nhiu người tưởng as many people believe
như đã nói as I said before, said earlier
nhẹ nhõm relieved
niềm tin trust, faith, belief, confidence
náu tiếng lie low
nín tiếng keep mum, lie low
nói dóc to boast, brag, lie
nói dối to lie, tell lies
nói dối như cuội to lie through one’s teeth
nói dựa (of a fortuneteller) rely on the information given by the client
nói láo to lie
nói phượu to lie
nói sai tell untruths, lie
nói xạo to lie, not tell the truth, provide inaccurate information
nói điêu to invent, tell made-up stories, tell lies
nước bạn friendly country, allied country, friendly nation
nấp to hide, lie in hiding
nằm to lie (down), be located in
nằm bẹp lie up, be laid low
nằm bếp be confined, be in childbed, lie in
nằm chung giường với to lie in the same bed as
nằm chờ to lie in wait
nằm co lie curled up
nằm cạnh nhau to lie next to each other, be adjacent to each other
nằm dưới đất to lie on the ground
nằm giữa to lie between
nằm im to lie quietly, silently
nằm im lìm to lie quietly
nằm lên to lie on top of
nằm lì lie-bed, lazy bones, lie without getting up
nằm một đống to lie in a heap, lie in a pile
nằm ngang horizontal; to lie horizontally
nằm nghiêng to lie on one’s side
nằm ngủ to lie down (to sleep), lie sleeping, be dormant
nằm ngửa to lie supine, lie on one’s back, lie face up, be flat on one’s back
nằm nôi to lie in a cradle
nằm sát ngay to lie right beside, lie right next to
nằm sấp to lie on one’s front, lie on one’s stomach, lie prone, lie prostrate, lie face down (wards), be flat on one’s face
nằm thượt lie stretched out
nằm trong hải phận to lie within one’s territorial waters
nằm trong khu to lie in an area
nằm trong số những người chết to be (or lie) among the dead
nằm trong tầm bắn của hỏa hiện này to lie within the range of this rocket
nằm trong tầm tay to be in one’s grasp, lie within one’s reach
nằm trong địa hạt to lie within the realm of
nằm trên to lie on, lie on top of
nằm trên bờ to lie next to
nằm xoài lie at full length, lie fully stretched out
nằm xuống to lie down, die
nằm yên to lie still
nằn ngay tâm to lie in the exact center
nối đối to lie
nổi (1) to rise, surface, become; in relief; (2) to be able to
nổi bật to set off, stand out, bring into relief
nổi rõ stand out in relief
nửa tin nửa ngờ to doubt, be uncertain, half-believe
phao ý thức hệ to spread one’s beliefs, ideology
phu dịch coolie, laborer
phu hồ mason coolie
phu phen coolies, corvee-bound laborers
phát chẩn distribute relief, give alms
phệ bụng pot-bellied
phục (1) to admire and respect, esteem, submit, yield; (2) clothes; (3) be accustomed to, bear (climate); (4) again, anew; to repeat, reply, recover, recuperate; (5) to prostrate oneself; to lie in ambush
phục binh to lie in wait, ambush; ambush
quan niệm to think, believe; idea, concept
quy y to believe in Buddhism
quy y Tam Bảo to believe in the Buddhist trinity
quàn lie in state (of a corpse)
quân nhu military supplies
ruồi muỗi flies and mosquitoes
ruồi nhặng fly and bluebottle, flies
rình to spy, lie in ambush, wait, watch (secretly), be on the lookout for
sui (1) bad luck; (2) allied through marriage
sui gia allied through marriage
sùng to revere, believe in
sùng tín believe fervently (piously) in
sườn sượt to sprawl, lie sprawling
sạo to lie, tell stories, talk nonsense
sấp to lie down flat (on one’s face)
số nhân multiplier
sớm hơn earlier, sooner
tam giáo the three beliefs (Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism)
ten hen lie stretching one’s arms and legs, flat out
thay vào instead of, in lieu of
thay vì instead of, in lieu of
thay đổi quan niệm to change one’s beliefs, opinions
theo to follow, believe in; according to, on, at, in
theo quan niệm according to one’s belief(s)
theo đạo Phất to follow, believe in Buddhism, be a Buddhist
thiếu úy second lieutenant, sublieutenant
thành tín believe firmly, faithful, loyal, true
thân chủ client, customer
thông gia union between families by marriage, alliance
thượng tá senior lieutenant-colonel
thượng tướng lieutenant general, three-star general
thượng úy senior lieutenant
thở phào nhẹ nhõm to breathe more easily, give a sigh of relief
thủ môn goalie, goalkeeper
tin news, report; to believe, trust
tin là to believe that
tin tao đi believe me, trust me
tin tưởng to believe, have confidence, be confident, trust
tin tưởng mãnh liệt to believe fervently, vehemently
tin tưởng vào to believe in
tin yêu believe and love
tiếp cứu to help, relieve, succor, lend a helping hand to
tiếp liệu supplies
tiếp phẩm supplies
tiếp tế supplies; to supply, provide
tiết độ sứ governor, generalissimo, commander in-chief of allied
toán học ứng dụng applied mathematics
trung tá lieutenant colonel
trung tướng lieutenant general, major general
trung úy first lieutenant
trông gà hóa cuốc to believe or think (that) the moon is
trẹo họng crooked throat (injury), lie
tín chủ believer, faithful
tín hữu believer (religious), follower, the faithful
tín ngưỡng (religious) belief, faith
tín ngưỡng hữu thần religious belief
tín đồ believer, follower of a religion
tư trợ succour, assist, help, relieve
tưởng to believe, imagine, think (incorrectly); huge, enormous
tưởng như as if, believing that
tưởng thật to believe something is true
tự do tín ngưỡng freedom of religion, belief
tự dối lòng mình to lie to oneself
vành móng ngựa bar (of courts of judicature, public assemblies etc.)
vào các thế kỷ trước in previous, earlier centuries
vì tương là believing that, in the belief that
vùa giúp assist, help, relieve
vững tin firmly believe, be fully confident, be firmly convinced
xoa dịu to appease, mollify, alleviate, calm, relieve, heal
á khế ước implied contact, quasi contract
án binh bất động to not to throw one’s troops into battle, station troops and lie low
áp dụng thẳng đến applied directly to
ông phệnh pot-bellied statue (in sitting position).
ý thức hệ ideology, system of beliefs
đi phu serve as coolie, laborer
đàn hồi elastic, resilient
đàn việt charitable Buddhist believer
đáng tin to be worth mentioning, noteworthy, believable
đường chim bay as the crow flies
đại tướng general, lieutenant general
đạo lý doctrine, dogma, belief, moral code, principles, standards
đồng minh alliance, league; allies
đỡ to help, assist (by assuming burden), parry, ward off, turn aside, prop, hold up, relieve
ềnh to stick out, swell, lie at full length
ỏng bụng pot-bellied
ủy ban cứu trợ relief committee
đỡ lo to be relieved, stop worrying
Cô Liên đến chưa? Has Miss Lien arrived yet? Nơi đây an nghĩ Here lies ~ (on a gravestone) binh nhu military supplies bá láp to lie, talk nonsense bán đoạn conveyance of property to another, alienation bâu (1) to group, swarm (around, over), cluster (flies); (2) collar bãi dịch to dismiss, fire, remove or relieve somebody of a post béo phệ obese, paunchy, pot-bellied bóng câu shadow of a white horse - time flies bản đồ nổi relief map bất khả xâm phạm inviolable, sacrosanct, untouchable, inalienable bắt bướm to catch butterflies bề sề fat; to lie down bị ăn hiếp to be bullied, be abused bụng cóc frog-bellied bụng phệ pot bellied, fat stomached bụng ỏng be pot-bellied chân tu to be a true believer (monk, nun) chét tay handful, just big enough to lie in one’s hand chưa có ai tin tưởng ở khám phá này no one as yet believed in this discovery chẩn tế to bring relief to the needy chẳng ai có thể tin được no one would believe chết như rạ to be mowed down, die like flies con (1) [CL for animals and other small objects]; (2) child; you (said to a child by a parent); I (said to a parent by a child), I (said by a believer to a religious figure); (3) young, small, baby con chiên believer, member of the flock; the faithful, the congregation con công đệ tử believers, the faithful, devout follower cu li coolie cách chức to dismiss, fire, relieve of one’s duties công xưởng shop, workshop, atelier cảm thấy nhẹ nhõm to feel relieved, relief cấp dưỡng to provide relief for (old or disabled person) cất chức to remove, relieve (from position), dismiss, discharge cứu (1) to save, rescue, deliver, relieve; (2) to study, research, examine, investigate cứu trợ aid, assistance; to aid, help, assist, relieve cứu tế aid, relief, assistance; to aid, relieve cứu đói famine relief, food aid dân phu coolie, laborer dóc untrue, lie dẽo dai tough, strong, resilient dị chủng foreign race, alien race dị tộc alien race, alien ethnic group dối to lie, cheat ghé lưng to lie down for a short while giáo hữu co-religionist, fellow-believer, churchgoer; priest (Cao Dai) gió chướng northeast wind, northeasterlies gió tây westerly winds, westerlies giải buồn relieve one’s melancholy, relieve the tedium giải hạn to relieve somebody of his run of bad luck giải nhiệm to relieve someone of a duty, office, responsibility giải nhiệt antipyretic, heat-relieving giải phiền relieve one’s sorrow giảm đau to relieve pain, kill pain huyền chức relieve of one’s function hóa học ứng dụng applied chemistry, practical chemistry hú hồn what a relief!, whew! hằm ở to lie in, be located at hứa phượu to lie in nổi relief printing khoa học ứng dụng applied science khách hàng customer, consumer, client, patron khó tin difficult to believe, incredible không tin disbelief; to not believe không tin được lỗ tai to not believe one’s ears kiên cường steadfast, resilient, unyielding, ardent, fervent kìm (1) to restrain; (2) pliers, pincers kìm cặp squeeze with pliers kẹp pliers, pincers, tongs; to press together kết liên unite, be allied kị sĩ cavalryman, cavalier, horseman kỵ sĩ cavalier, horseman liên gia group of families liên minh to unite, allied, alliance làm cho mọi người lầm tưởng to make everyone believe (something that isn’t true) lá sách manyplies, manifold láo (1) insolent, impertinent; (2) to lie láo khoét to lie lòng tin belief, confidence, faith, trust lầm tưởng to believe mistakenly lẩn lút hide (oneself) (from), skulk, stay skulking, lie in hiding lực lượng liên minh allied forces mai danh live hidden, retire from the world, lie low mai phục to (lie in) ambush mấy thế kỷ trước a few centuries before, earlier mẹp lie flat on one’s face một ngày trước đó one day before, a day earlier một số người cho là some people believe (or say) that ~ một sự bất tín, vạn sự không tin a liar is not believed when he speaks the truth nghĩa thương relief grain fund, public storehouse ngoại kiều alien, foreigner, foreign national ngoại lai alien, exotic, foreign, from the outside người ngoài outsider, bystander, alien, laity ngả lưng to rest, lie down ngỡ to believe, think nhem nhúa soiled sullied như nhiu người tưởng as many people believe như đã nói as I said before, said earlier nhẹ nhõm relieved niềm tin trust, faith, belief, confidence náu tiếng lie low nín tiếng keep mum, lie low nói dóc to boast, brag, lie nói dối to lie, tell lies nói dối như cuội to lie through one’s teeth nói dựa (of a fortuneteller) rely on the information given by the client nói láo to lie nói phượu to lie nói sai tell untruths, lie nói xạo to lie, not tell the truth, provide inaccurate information nói điêu to invent, tell made-up stories, tell lies nước bạn friendly country, allied country, friendly nation nấp to hide, lie in hiding nằm to lie (down), be located in nằm bẹp lie up, be laid low nằm bếp be confined, be in childbed, lie in nằm chung giường với to lie in the same bed as nằm chờ to lie in wait nằm co lie curled up nằm cạnh nhau to lie next to each other, be adjacent to each other nằm dưới đất to lie on the ground nằm giữa to lie between nằm im to lie quietly, silently nằm im lìm to lie quietly nằm lên to lie on top of nằm lì lie-bed, lazy bones, lie without getting up nằm một đống to lie in a heap, lie in a pile nằm ngang horizontal; to lie horizontally nằm nghiêng to lie on one’s side nằm ngủ to lie down (to sleep), lie sleeping, be dormant nằm ngửa to lie supine, lie on one’s back, lie face up, be flat on one’s back nằm nôi to lie in a cradle nằm sát ngay to lie right beside, lie right next to nằm sấp to lie on one’s front, lie on one’s stomach, lie prone, lie prostrate, lie face down (wards), be flat on one’s face nằm thượt lie stretched out nằm trong hải phận to lie within one’s territorial waters nằm trong khu to lie in an area nằm trong số những người chết to be (or lie) among the dead nằm trong tầm bắn của hỏa hiện này to lie within the range of this rocket nằm trong tầm tay to be in one’s grasp, lie within one’s reach nằm trong địa hạt to lie within the realm of nằm trên to lie on, lie on top of nằm trên bờ to lie next to nằm xoài lie at full length, lie fully stretched out nằm xuống to lie down, die nằm yên to lie still nằn ngay tâm to lie in the exact center nối đối to lie nổi (1) to rise, surface, become; in relief; (2) to be able to nổi bật to set off, stand out, bring into relief nổi rõ stand out in relief nửa tin nửa ngờ to doubt, be uncertain, half-believe phao ý thức hệ to spread one’s beliefs, ideology phu dịch coolie, laborer phu hồ mason coolie phu phen coolies, corvee-bound laborers phát chẩn distribute relief, give alms phệ bụng pot-bellied phục (1) to admire and respect, esteem, submit, yield; (2) clothes; (3) be accustomed to, bear (climate); (4) again, anew; to repeat, reply, recover, recuperate; (5) to prostrate oneself; to lie in ambush phục binh to lie in wait, ambush; ambush quan niệm to think, believe; idea, concept quy y to believe in Buddhism quy y Tam Bảo to believe in the Buddhist trinity quàn lie in state (of a corpse) quân nhu military supplies ruồi muỗi flies and mosquitoes ruồi nhặng fly and bluebottle, flies rình to spy, lie in ambush, wait, watch (secretly), be on the lookout for sui (1) bad luck; (2) allied through marriage sui gia allied through marriage sùng to revere, believe in sùng tín believe fervently (piously) in sườn sượt to sprawl, lie sprawling sạo to lie, tell stories, talk nonsense sấp to lie down flat (on one’s face) số nhân multiplier sớm hơn earlier, sooner tam giáo the three beliefs (Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism) ten hen lie stretching one’s arms and legs, flat out thay vào instead of, in lieu of thay vì instead of, in lieu of thay đổi quan niệm to change one’s beliefs, opinions theo to follow, believe in; according to, on, at, in theo quan niệm according to one’s belief(s) theo đạo Phất to follow, believe in Buddhism, be a Buddhist thiếu úy second lieutenant, sublieutenant thành tín believe firmly, faithful, loyal, true thân chủ client, customer thông gia union between families by marriage, alliance thượng tá senior lieutenant-colonel thượng tướng lieutenant general, three-star general thượng úy senior lieutenant thở phào nhẹ nhõm to breathe more easily, give a sigh of relief thủ môn goalie, goalkeeper tin news, report; to believe, trust tin là to believe that tin tao đi believe me, trust me tin tưởng to believe, have confidence, be confident, trust tin tưởng mãnh liệt to believe fervently, vehemently tin tưởng vào to believe in tin yêu believe and love tiếp cứu to help, relieve, succor, lend a helping hand to tiếp liệu supplies tiếp phẩm supplies tiếp tế supplies; to supply, provide tiết độ sứ governor, generalissimo, commander in-chief of allied toán học ứng dụng applied mathematics trung tá lieutenant colonel trung tướng lieutenant general, major general trung úy first lieutenant trông gà hóa cuốc to believe or think (that) the moon is trẹo họng crooked throat (injury), lie tín chủ believer, faithful tín hữu believer (religious), follower, the faithful tín ngưỡng (religious) belief, faith tín ngưỡng hữu thần religious belief tín đồ believer, follower of a religion tư trợ succour, assist, help, relieve tưởng to believe, imagine, think (incorrectly); huge, enormous tưởng như as if, believing that tưởng thật to believe something is true tự do tín ngưỡng freedom of religion, belief tự dối lòng mình to lie to oneself vành móng ngựa bar (of courts of judicature, public assemblies etc.) vào các thế kỷ trước in previous, earlier centuries vì tương là believing that, in the belief that vùa giúp assist, help, relieve vững tin firmly believe, be fully confident, be firmly convinced xoa dịu to appease, mollify, alleviate, calm, relieve, heal á khế ước implied contact, quasi contract án binh bất động to not to throw one’s troops into battle, station troops and lie low áp dụng thẳng đến applied directly to ông phệnh pot-bellied statue (in sitting position). ý thức hệ ideology, system of beliefs đi phu serve as coolie, laborer đàn hồi elastic, resilient đàn việt charitable Buddhist believer đáng tin to be worth mentioning, noteworthy, believable đường chim bay as the crow flies đại tướng general, lieutenant general đạo lý doctrine, dogma, belief, moral code, principles, standards đồng minh alliance, league; allies đỡ to help, assist (by assuming burden), parry, ward off, turn aside, prop, hold up, relieve ềnh to stick out, swell, lie at full length ỏng bụng pot-bellied ủy ban cứu trợ relief committee đỡ lo to be relieved, stop worrying