Definition

1. Verb:
   • To level flat, to flatten completely: To make a surface completely flat and even by pressing down or removing all obstacles and irregularities.
   • To raze, to demolish: To completely destroy structures or obstacles, leaving the area flat.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Họ dùng máy ủi để đạp bằng khu đất trước khi xây dựng. (They used a bulldozer to level the land flat before construction.)
  • Trận bom đã đạp bằng toàn bộ ngôi làng. (The bombing raid razed the entire village flat.)

Advanced Usage

• "đạp bằng mọi trở ngại": To flatten all obstacles; to overcome all difficulties or barriers.
  • Với quyết tâm, cô ấy đạp bằng mọi trở ngại để đạt được mục tiêu. (With determination, she flattened all obstacles to achieve her goal.)

Variants and Related Words

• San bằng (verb): To level, to flatten. Often used interchangeably with "đạp bằng" but can imply a smoother, more finished result.
  • San bằng mặt đường (To level the road surface)
• Phá hủy (verb): To destroy. A more general term for destruction, not necessarily implying a flat result.
• Bình địa (verb/noun): To raze to the ground; ground that has been razed.

Synonyms

• Làm phẳng: To make flat.
• Hủy diệt: To annihilate, to destroy (emphasizes total destruction).
• Triệt hạ: To eradicate, to demolish completely.

Related Phrases (Verb + Complement)

• Đạp đổ: To kick down, to overthrow. Often used for structures or figurative systems.
  • Đạp đổ bức tường (To kick down the wall)
  • Đạp đổ chế độ cũ (To overthrow the old regime)

Related Idioms

• Đạp bằng sông núi: (Literally: to flatten mountains and rivers). A hyperbolic idiom expressing immense, earth-flattening power or determination.
  • Ý chí của họ có thể đạp bằng sông núi. (Their willpower could flatten mountains and rivers.)

1. Level flat (all obstacles)