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hồn

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from .

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Noun

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hồn

  1. (folklore, religion) hun (the soul which leaves the body after death)
    Antonym: vía
    • 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, “Dòng nhớ”, in Cánh đồng bất tận, Tre Publishing House:
      Má tôi bứt ba phải xa sông, nhưng chính bà cũng biết, những dòng nhớ vẫn tiếp tục chảy mãi trong hồn ông.
      My mother pulled him away from the rivier, but she herself also knew that yearning still ran through his soul.
    hồn vía/pháchhun and po; souls
  2. (figurative) mind, spirit, vigour
    Synonym: hồn hậu

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