băm vằm

Thân thiện

Người đầu bếp băm vằm thịt heo để làm giò sống.

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.)

Học thuật

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