cuống quýt

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Vietnamese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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-it reduplication of cuống.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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cuống quýt

  1. to lose one's head;[1] to be in an agitated hurry
    Mai cuống quýt tìm giấy thông hành khi qua biên giới.
    Mai frantically searched for her passport when crossing the border.

References

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  1. ^ Dinh-hoa Nguyen (1995) “cuống quít”, in NTC's Vietnamese–English Dictionary, →ISBN, page 75