lẫm liệt

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 凜冽 (“freezing cold”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ləm˦ˀ˥ liət̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ləm˧˨ liək̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ləm˨˩˦ liək̚˨˩˨]

Adjective

lẫm liệt

  1. (literary, of a person) solemn and majestic

Derived terms

  • oai phong lẫm liệt
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