cảo thơm
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Chinese 芳稿 (phương cảo).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːw˧˩ tʰəːm˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kaːw˧˨ tʰəːm˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kaːw˨˩˦ tʰəːm˧˧]
Noun[edit]
- scented pages; (figurative, literary) literary masterpiece
- Synonym: kiểu thơm
- 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)[1], published 1870, lines 7–8:
藁 𦹳 吝 𢷣 𠓀 畑 風 情 古 錄 群 傳 史 撑 - Turning scented pages of an old volume under an oil lamp,
I started reading a long-ago tale of love and romance.
- Turning scented pages of an old volume under an oil lamp,