mệnh
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 命; this is the Northern form. Doublet of mạng, the Southern form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mệnh
- (uncommon) life
- Synonym: mạng
- (rare, literary) fate
- Synonyms: vận mệnh, số mệnh
- Mệnh trời khó cưỡng.
- It's not easy to resist fate / the Mandate of Heaven.
- (archaic or Chinese fiction) order from the monarch
- Synonym: mệnh lệnh
- (occult) the wuxing element you're associated with, which dictates your luck and the kind of people you can get along with
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Derived terms