vĩnh biệt

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 永別, composed of (permanent) and (to leave).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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vĩnh biệt

  1. (literary, to someone who's minutes away from dying or already dead, or someone who you think you will never, or wish to never, meet again) goodbye forever; see you never; good riddance forever
    Vĩnh biệt người bạn yêu dấu.
    Rest in peace, my dear friend.
    Vĩnh biệt!
    Farewell! / See you never! / Good riddance! / Don't ever come back!

Verb

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vĩnh biệt

  1. (literary, to someone who's minutes away from dying or already dead, or someone who you think you will never, or wish to never, meet again) to bid farewell forever

See also

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