bản lĩnh
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- (Southern Vietnam, obsolete) bổn lãnh
- (Southern Vietnam) bản lãnh
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 本領.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːn˧˩ lïŋ˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˧˨ lɨn˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˨˩˦ lɨn˨˩˦]
Noun
- skill, ability
- 2005, chapter 1, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):
- – Không ngờ hai thằng nghiệt rử kia lại có bản lĩnh như thế, đả thương không ít anh em bọn ta.
- "Who'd've thought those two whoresons were so skilled; they injured more than a few of us."
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