bủa
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Definition
Verb:
- To cast or spread out in a net-like manner: To deploy something, such as a net, trap, or group of people, in a wide, encircling pattern to cover an area.
- To surround or envelop: To spread over or cover an area completely, often creating an encirclement.
Noun (Less common):
- A nest or framework of forked twigs: Specifically, a structure made of branched twigs placed on rearing trays for silkworms to spin their cocoons.
Usage Examples
Verb:
- Ngư dân bủa lưới đánh cá. (The fisherman casts a net to catch fish.)
- Sương mù bủa đầy trời. (The fog envelops the entire sky.)
- Cảnh sát bủa vây tòa nhà. (The police surrounded the building.)
Noun:
- Đặt bủa cho tằm làm kén. (Place the twig framework for the silkworms to spin cocoons.)
Advanced Usage
- "bủa vây": To encircle, to besiege, to hem in. This compound emphasizes a tight, often military or strategic, surrounding.
- Quân đội bủa vây thành phố. (The army besieged the city.)
Variants and Related Words
- Giăng bủa (v): To spread out, to deploy (like a net). Often used interchangeably with "bủa lưới."
- Bủa lưới (v): To cast a net; figuratively, to set a trap.
Synonyms
- To cast: To throw or spread out (a net).
- To surround: To encircle.
- To envelop: To wrap up or cover completely.
- To deploy: To spread out strategically.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Bủa lưới bắt tội phạm: To cast a net to catch criminals. Describes a coordinated search or police operation.
- Bủa đi tìm: To fan out in search. Describes people spreading out in all directions to look for something or someone.
- Mọi người bủa đi tìm đứa trẻ lạc. (Everyone fanned out to search for the lost child.)
noun
- Nest of forked twigs (cho tằm làm ke'n)
verb
- To cast, to fan out like a net, to surround like a net
- bủa lưới đánh cáto cast a fishing net
- người bủa đi tìmpeople fanned out like a net in a search
- đạn pháo tạo thành một lưới lửa bủa vây địcha net of bullets and rockets was cast round enemy planes