trường kỉ

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Vietnamese[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from (long) and (bench; table).

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Noun[edit]

trường kỉ

  1. a long bench (especially wooden, with armrests and a backrest)
  2. (figurative) a couch; sofa
    • 2016, Trầm Hương, Trong cơn lốc xoáy, part I, NXB Phụ nữ, page 29:
      Giữa ngôi nhà, giáo Long đang ngồi chấm bài bên bộ trường kỷ, được chất đầy sách vở.
      In the middle of the house, teacher Long was grading homework besides the couch, which was piled with books.