chống chế

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˧˦ t͡ɕe˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˦˧˥ t͡ɕej˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cəwŋ͡m˦˥ cej˦˥]

Etymology

Reduplication of chống

Verb

chống chế

to justify one's own wrongdoing using excuses; to be evasive
Đã làm sai còn chống chế.
He was in the wrong, yet he tried hard to justify himself.

chống chế cho qua chuyện
to justify oneself to get out of a situation

References

"chống chế" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

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