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mênh mông

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Vietnamese

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    Sino-Vietnamese word from 溟濛, which then underwent semantic shift from "misty, drizzly; hazy; dim, gloomy" to "boundless, vast, immense". Compare phương phi (stout, corpulent, portly) from 芳菲 (“(of flowers and plants) fragrant, fresh-smelling”).

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    mênh mông (溟蒙, 溟濛, 𣷠濛)

    1. vast; immense; extensive; boundless
      • 2005 [1957–1959], chapter 1, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Nhà xuất bản Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Kim Dung [Jin Yong]:
        Nước sông Tiền Đường mênh mông, []
        The Qiantang River is vast, []

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