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thiên lí

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 千里.

Noun

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(classifier cây, bông, hoa) thiên

  1. Tonkin jasmine (Telosma cordata)
    bông thiên lí xào thịt bòstir-fried Tonkin jasmine flowers and beef
    • 2012 February 16, Hương Liên MD, “Hoa thiên lí, những món ăn và bài thuốc hay [Cowslip creeper blossoms, delicious dishes and efficacious medicinal prescriptions]”, in Yenmiss.violet.vn[1]:
      Ở nông thôn, nhiều nhà có giàn thiên lí.
      In the countryside, many households grow cowslip creepers on trellises.

Etymology 2

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 天理.

Noun

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thiên

  1. (obsolete, literary) rules of nature; laws of nature; natural law
    Synonym: lẽ trời