khói lửa

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Vietnamese

Etymology

khói +‎ lửa. Compare Chinese 煙火／烟火.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xɔj˧˦ lɨə˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰɔj˨˩˦ lɨə˧˨] ~ [xɔj˨˩˦ lɨə˧˨]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰɔj˦˥ lɨə˨˩˦] ~ [xɔj˦˥ lɨə˨˩˦]

Noun

khói lửa

(literally) smoke and fire
(poetic, literary) war; conflict

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