xông đất

Vietnamese

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Definitions
  • to be the first person/people to visit someone's home during the Lunar New Year (Tết)

Etymology

Compound from Vietnamese xông (rush) + Vietnamese đất (land, earth, ground, soil, l).

Origin

Vietnamese

đất

Gloss

land, earth, ground, soil, l

Concept
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Motion

Ontological Category

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