đầy đặn

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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-ăn reduplication of đầy.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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đầy đặn

  1. full-faced; plump; full
    • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)[1], published 1866, lines 19–20:
      (Vân)󰏙(xem)(trang)(trọng)(khác)(vời)
      (Khuôn)𦝄(trăng)(đầy)(đặn)󰞺(nét)𧍋(ngài)𦬑(nở)(nang)
      Vân’s beauty was very remarkable.
      Her eyebrows – full crescent arcs, her moonlit face – oval.
  2. (rare) upright