bốn bề

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

bốn (four) +‎ bề (side), compare Chinese 四方, 四下.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

bốn bề

  1. everywhere
    • 2005, chapter 1, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):
      Sáng hôm sau tuyết rơi càng lớn, bông bạc đầy trời, ngọc rắng khắp đất bốn bề mênh mông trắng xóa.
      The next morning the snow was falling ever thicker, white flakes filled the sky, the earth seemed covered in fine jade, everywhere a boundless uniform white.