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Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary (Vietnamese: từ Hán Việt, Chữ Hán: 詞漢越, literally 'Chinese-Vietnamese words') is a layer of about 3,000 monosyllabic morphemes of the Vietnamese language borrowed from Literary Chinese with consistent pronunciations based on Middle Chinese.
Before the creation of the universe there was the "dao", the infinite, nameless, formless, unchanging, eternal source. The negative and positive principles of the universe are the components of the eternal nature. [21] There are two main Gods, the Cao Đài ("Highest Lord") and the Diêu Trì Kim Mẫu or Đức Phật Mẫu ("Holy Buddha ...
Ironically, three of his daughters become romantically involved with Duan Yu, whom he raises as his son. Duan Yu was actually conceived out of a past illicit affair between his wife, Dao Baifeng, and Duan Yanqing, his distant cousin and future nemesis. He succeeds his brother as the king of Dali after the latter abdicates and becomes a monk.
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Đạo is a Sino-Vietnamese word for "religion," similar to the Chinese term dao meaning "path," while Mẫu means "mother" and is loaned from Middle Chinese /məuX/. While scholars like Ngô Đức Thịnh propose that it represents a systematic worship of mother goddesses, Đạo Mẫu draws together fairly disparate beliefs and practices.
Knife (dao) Mill (cối xay gạo) Mortar (cối giã) Pestle (chày) Plate (dĩa or đĩa) Pot, various kinds (nồi and niêu) Spoon (thìa in northern Vietnam or muỗng in southern Vietnam) Teacup (tách or chén uống trà) Teapot (ấm pha trà) Tray, various kinds (mâm and khay)
pian yi dao lao sai - (From Mandarin 便宜到 pián yi dào + Hokkien 拉屎 lao sai, lit. 'so cheap that one gets diarrhea', or 'cheap until get diarrhea' as in Singlish) A very low price. pok kai – (From Cantonese 仆街 puk 1 gaai 1 , lit. 'to fall into the street') 1.
Temples to the Trưng Sisters or Hai Bà Trưng Temples were found from as early as the end of the Third Era of Northern Domination. [34] The best known Hai Bà Trưng Temple is in Hanoi near Hoàn Kiếm Lake. [35] [36] [37] The temple was constructed by king Lý Anh Tông (r. 1138–1176) in 1158. According to tradition, in that year a ...