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虛榮

简虚荣 · 繁虛榮

Mandarin · pinyin xū róng

vanity

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榮: Look up this written character
虚: xū · false
荣: róng · glory, honor; flourish, prosper

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1–2 · xu1 rong2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

heoi1 wing4

Cantonese word readings for 虛榮. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

vanity; empty glory

adj

vainglorious

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