Definition

1. Verb:
   • To beat, to hit: To strike someone repeatedly and violently, typically with the hands or an object, causing physical pain or injury.
   • To abuse physically: To treat someone with cruel violence, often involving repeated blows.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Bố mẹ không nên đánh đập con cái. (Parents should not beat their children.)
  • Những tên cướp đã đánh đập nạn nhân để cướp tiền. (The robbers beat the victim to steal money.)
  • Hành vi đánh đập động vật là tàn ác. (The act of beating animals is cruel.)

Advanced Usage

• This verb often implies sustained, repeated, and brutal violence, not a single strike. It carries a strong connotation of injustice and cruelty.

Variants and Related Words

• Đánh (v): A broader verb meaning to hit, strike, or beat. intensifies this meaning to imply a prolonged assault.
• Hành hạ (v): To torture, to torment; can be physical or psychological, sometimes used in a similar context but is broader.
• Bạo hành (v/n): To abuse / abuse; a more formal term often used in legal or social contexts (e.g., - domestic abuse).

Synonyms

• Beat: To strike repeatedly.
• Thrash: To beat severely.
• Batter: To hit repeatedly and violently.
• Assault: To make a physical attack.

Related Idioms

• While itself is not commonly part of idioms, it describes the action in phrases like:
  • Bị đánh đập dã man: To be brutally beaten.
  • Đánh đập tàn nhẫn: To beat ruthlessly.

1. Beat, hit
   • Đánh đập tàn nhẫn
     To beat ruthlessly