bế quan toả cảng

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Vietnamese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 閉關鎖港.

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓe˧˦ kwaːn˧˧ twaː˧˩ kaːŋ˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓej˨˩˦ kwaːŋ˧˧ twaː˧˨ kaːŋ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓej˦˥ waːŋ˧˧ t⁽ʷ⁾aː˨˩˦ kaːŋ˨˩˦]

Idiom

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bế quan toả cảng

  1. to cut off a country from the outside world