tẩm bổ
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 浸 and 補.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]- to improve one's general health (such as after recovery from disease, during pregnancy, in old age…), usually by eating specially nutritious food
- 2016, chapter 10, in Nguyễn Đức Vịnh, transl., Đừng nói chuyện với cô ấy, part I, NXB Phụ Nữ, translation of 别和她说话 by Yù Jǐn (Ngộ Cẩn):
- […] sau khi sinh xong thì mẹ chồng cô ta ngày ngày đều nấu canh gà, canh cá mang đến cho cô ta uống tẩm bổ, […]
- […] after the birth, her mother-in-law prepared chicken soup or fish soup every single day for her, to help her recover; […]