Definition

1. Verb:
   • To chop into very small pieces; to mince; to shred completely. This describes the action of cutting something, typically food or an object, into tiny, fragmented parts.
   • To lacerate; to slash to pieces. Used figuratively to describe violently tearing or cutting apart, often in a context of extreme anger or hypothetical punishment.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đầu bếp băm vằm thịt heo. (The chef minced the pork.)
  • Nó giận dữ, muốn băm vằm mọi thứ trong phòng. (He was furious, wanting to smash everything in the room to pieces.)
  • Tội đáng băm vằm! (He deserves to be chopped up for his offence!)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is often used in hyperbolic or figurative threats to express extreme anger or a desire for severe retribution, rather than describing a literal action.
  • Tên phản bội đó đáng bị băm vằm ra từng mảnh. (That traitor deserves to be hacked into pieces.)

Variants and Related Words

• Băm (v): to chop, to hack. This is the root verb, while băm vằm intensifies it to mean chopping into minute pieces.

  • Băm thịt. (To chop meat.)

• Chặt (v): to chop (typically with more force, resulting in larger pieces than băm vằm).

  • Chặt củi. (To chop firewood.)

Synonyms

• Mince: to cut into very small pieces.
• Shred: to tear or cut into thin strips or small pieces.
• Lacerate: to tear or cut deeply, especially flesh.
• Hack: to cut with rough or heavy blows.

Related Idioms

• Băm vằm băm vặt: An intensified, repetitive form emphasizing complete and thorough chopping or destruction.
  • Cơn thịnh nộ khiến anh ta chỉ muốn băm vằm băm vặt mọi thứ. (The rage made him want to chop everything into smithereens.)

verb

1. To chop up
   • tội đáng băm vằm
     he deserves to be chopped up for his offence, he ought to be skinned alive for what he has done