Where does “nghĩa đen” come from?

nghĩa đen (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nghĩa, from Chinese 義.

nghĩa đen (Vietnamese): a literal meaning

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  1. a literal meaning

Ancestry of “nghĩa đen”, step by step

nghĩa đen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nghĩa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenghĩaa meaning; a sense; morality
2Chinese義—

via Vietnamese đen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđenof the color black; dark; swarthy; unlucky;...
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