Definition

1. Noun:

   • Panther/Leopard: A wild animal similar to a leopard but often described as smaller, with reddish or tawny fur.
   • Scrawny/Emaciated state: A condition of being very thin and withered, often used in a specific descriptive phrase.

2. Adjective:

   • Scraggy/Shrivelled: Describes something, typically a body part, that is gaunt, shrunken, and wrinkled.

3. Verb:

   • To pinch: To squeeze something, typically flesh, tightly between the finger and thumb.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Animal):
  • Trong rừng có một con beo. (There is a panther in the forest.)
• Adjective (Descriptive):
  • Đứa trẻ suy dinh dưỡng, bụng ỏng đít beo. (The malnourished child has a swollen belly and a scraggy behind.)
• Verb (Action):
  • Bà thích beo má cháu. (She likes to pinch her grandchild's cheek.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase "bụng ỏng đít beo" is a fixed, vivid idiom describing the physical state of severe malnutrition, where the belly is distended but the buttocks are shrunken.

Variants and Related Words

• Beo bụng (v, colloq.): To pinch someone's stomach.
  • Đừng beo bụng tôi! (Don't pinch my stomach!)
• Beo tai (v): To pinch or pull someone's ear.
  • Mẹ beo tai cậu bé vì nghịch ngợm. (The mother pinched the boy's ear for misbehaving.)

Synonyms

• Noun (Animal): Panther, leopard.
• Adjective: Gaunt, withered, shrivelled.
• Verb: To pinch, to nip.

Related Idioms

• Bụng ỏng đít beo: A set phrase describing a state of extreme, sickly thinness, particularly in children.
  • Nạn đói khiến nhiều trẻ em bụng ỏng đít beo. (The famine left many children with swollen bellies and scraggy behinds.)

noun

1. Panther

adj

1. Scraggy
   • bụng ỏng đít beo
     a swollen belly and a scraggy behind

verb

1. To pinch
   • beo má
     to pinch someone's cheek