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trông thấy

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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trông +‎ thấy.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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trông thấy

  1. (transitive) to see; to observe; to notice; to perceive
    • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)[1], published 1866, lines 3–4:
      𣦆(Trải)(qua)(một)(cuộc)𣷭(bể)(dâu)
      (Những)調(điều)𬖉(trông)𧡊(thấy)(đã)𤴬(đau)(đớn)𢚸(lòng)
      A turbulent mulberry-field-covered-by-sea period had passed.
      The things that we saw still deeply pain our hearts.

Adverb

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trông thấy

  1. visibly
    già đi trông thấyto get visibly older