tảo tần

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Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “a rearrangement of tần tảo?”).

Adjective

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tảo tần

  1. contriving well
  2. diligent and parsimonious; economical; thrifty; saving up
    Ông ta sống rất phong lưu nhờ có bà vợ biết buôn bán, tảo tần.
    He lived a very affluent life thanks to his wife who knew how to do business and be thrifty.

Etymology 2

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Sino-Vietnamese word from and .

Noun

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tảo tần

  1. (rare, literary) a type of algae, often used in antiquity for rituals

Anagrams

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