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Từ điển Việt Anh (Vietnamese English Dictionary)

noun
Slender waisted tomtom, hourglass-shaped tomtom
thắt cỏ bồng to be slender at the waist, to have a slender waist
verb
To swell, to puff
nước sôi bồng lên the boiling water swelled
chiếc áo bồng vai a puff-sleeved dress
tóc chải bồng to wear one's hair in puffs, to puff one's hair
lớn bồng to shoot up
To carry in one's arms
bồng trẻ dắt già to carry the young and guide the old

	[bồng]
	danh từ
		slender waisted tomtom, hourglass-shaped tomtom
			thắt cỏ bồng
			to be slender at the waist, to have a slender waist
		bamboo boat
		wormwood, absinth
		embrace
	động từ
		to swell, to puff
			nước sôi bồng lên
			the boiling water swelled
			chiếc áo bồng vai
			a puff-sleeved dress
			tóc chải bồng
			to wear one's hair in puffs, to puff one's hair
			lớn bồng
			to shoot up
		to carry (a child) in one's arms
			bồng trẻ dắt già
			to carry the young and guide the old
			tay bồng tay mang
			a) carry both arms; carrying one baby in one arm and another baby in the other b) burdened with a large family; with a family on her hands
		to embrace