Definition

1. Verb:
   • To crash violently into something; to collide head-on with great force: "đâm sầm" describes a sudden, forceful, and often head-on collision, typically resulting in significant impact and damage. It implies a lack of control or an unavoidable accident.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chiếc xe tải đâm sầm vào bức tường. (The truck crashed violently into the wall.)
  • Anh ta lái xe quá nhanh và đâm sầm vào gốc cây. (He was driving too fast and crashed head-on into the tree trunk.)
  • Hai chiếc ô tô đâm sầm vào nhau tại ngã tư. (The two cars crashed into each other at the intersection.)

Advanced Usage

• "đâm sầm đầu vào...": to crash one's head into...
  • Đang chạy, nó đâm sầm đầu vào cửa kính. (While running, he crashed his head into the glass door.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đâm (verb): to stab, to thrust, or to crash into (a more general term for collision).
• Sầm (onomatopoeic/adverb): conveys the sound or manner of a heavy, dull impact (e.g., thud, bang). Often used with "đâm" to intensify the meaning.
• Va chạm (verb/noun): to collide; a collision (a more general, often less forceful term than "đâm sầm").
• Tông (verb, colloquial): to ram, to smash into (similar to "đâm" but more informal).

Synonyms

• Đâm thẳng vào: to crash straight into.
• Tông mạnh vào: to ram hard into (colloquial).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As a compound verb, "đâm sầm" itself functions like a phrasal verb in Vietnamese. - Đâm sầm vào: to crash into (something). The preposition "vào" (into) is commonly used with it. - Xe máy đâm sầm vào đuôi ô tô. (The motorbike crashed into the rear of the car.)

Related Idioms

There are no common idioms that use the exact phrase "đâm sầm". It is typically used in literal descriptions of accidents.

1. Crash against
   • Chiếc ô tô đâm sầm vào cột đèn
     The car crashed against a lamp-post