No. 710 in Vietnamese
trừ
"Trừ" means "subtract," "except," or "eliminate" in English, depending on context.
In a sentence
Tôi làm việc cả tuần trừ ngày Chủ nhật.
I work the entire week except for Sunday.
The word 'trừ' is used to exclude Sunday from the mentioned time frame.
Kết quả phép tính là năm trừ hai bằng ba.
The result of the calculation is five minus two equals three.
Here, 'trừ' is employed in a mathematical context to denote subtraction.
Cô ấy sẽ thành công, không ai nghi ngờ điều đó trừ một số người.
She will succeed, and no one doubts this except for a few.
In this sentence, 'trừ' specifies an exception or condition to the general statement.
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