chật vật

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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ch- reduplication of vật (to wrestle), with semantic influence from chật (tight, narrow).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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chật vật (𡒻𢪱)

  1. strenuous; arduous; toilsome; laborious; strugglesome (especially of life itself)

Adverb

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chất vật (𡒻𢪱)

  1. strenuously; arduously; laboriously