Vietnamese

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Adverb

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xuể

  1. Placed after a verb or after a negator in a negative sentence to indicate the inability to carry out something.
    Nhiều bát đĩa quá, tôi không rửa xuể.
    There are too many dishes, I can't clean them all.
    Cổ thụ mấy trăm năm tuổi, ba người ôm chẳng xuể.
    It is a tree hundreds of years old, not even the arm spans of three can completely surround it.