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Example sentences for: viet
How can you use “viet” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
When a literate Chinese had to write about this new kingdom a problem arose as there was no charactter for the Viet.
At the time, things did not look good for South Vietnam, despite the utter failure of the Viet Cong to achieve what they wanted in the Tet Offensive.
I found Mr. Henry Henn's amphigory [XIV, 3] on military slang interesting, but his explanation of the meaning of Viet is at variance with my information.
' The correct translation is the “Yueh (or Viet)” of the “south” (as opposed to the “Yueh” who used to be just beyond present-day Shanghai).
' The Chinese character is simply a phonological rendering of a Viet word meaning `people.