Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Compound of chữ (character > word (obsolete)) +‎ nghĩa (meaning)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chữ nghĩa

  1. word and its meaning
    Văn chương không phải chỉ là chữ nghĩa.Literature is not only a matter of words and their meanings.
  2. (by extension) knowledge

References

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Entry chữ nghĩa in Hồ Ngọc Đức's Vietnamese-English Dictionary