bụng

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Một em bé vỗ nhẹ vào bụng sau khi ăn no.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Belly, abdomen, stomach: The front part of the human or animal body between the chest and the pelvis, containing the digestive organs. This is the primary physical meaning.
   • Heart, mind, inner feelings: Used figuratively to represent the seat of emotions, thoughts, intentions, or character, which are hidden from view.
   • Belly, bulging part: The rounded, central part of an object.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Physical):
  • Anh ấy bị đau bụng. (He has a stomach ache.)
  • Con cá có bụng đầy trứng. (The fish has a belly full of eggs.)
• Noun (Figurative):
  • Cô ấy là một người tốt bụng. (She is a kind-hearted person.)
  • Tôi vui như mở cờ trong bụng. (I am overjoyed in my heart.)

Advanced Usage

• "bụng bảo dạ": to think to oneself, to deliberate internally.
  • Tôi bụng bảo dạ mãi mới đưa ra quyết định. (I thought to myself for a long time before making a decision.)
• "suy bụng ta ra bụng người": to judge others by one's own standards (often with a negative connotation of projection).
  • Đừng suy bụng ta ra bụng người. (Don't measure others by your own yardstick.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bụng dạ (n): one's inner self, character, or conscience.
  • Anh ta có bụng dạ không ngay thẳng. (He has a dishonest character.)
• Bụng phệ (n): a potbelly, a large protruding stomach.
  • Ông ấy có cái bụng phệ. (He has a potbelly.)

Synonyms

• Belly, stomach, abdomen: for the physical body part.
• Heart, mind, intention: for the figurative meaning related to feelings and thoughts.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Bụng mang dạ chửa: to be pregnant, to be with child.
  • Cô ấy đang bụng mang dạ chửa. (She is expecting a child.)
• No bụng đói con mắt: one's eyes are bigger than one's stomach.
  • Đừng gắp nhiều quá, kẻo lại no bụng đói con mắt. (Don't take too much food, or your eyes will be bigger than your stomach.)
• Thắt lưng buộc bụng: to tighten one's belt, to live frugally.
  • Gia đình họ phải thắt lưng buộc bụng để tiết kiệm. (Their family had to tighten their belts to save money.)
• Đi guốc trong bụng: to see right through someone, to know someone's thoughts perfectly.
  • Tôi đi guốc trong bụng hắn rồi. (I can see right through him.)

Học thuật

noun

1. Belly
   • đau bụng
     to have a bellyache
   • no bụng đói con mắt
     his eyes are bigger than his belly
   • cá chép đầy một bụng trứng
     a carp with a bellyful of spawn
   • bụng mang dạ chửa
     to be big with child
2. Heart
   • con người tốt bụng
     a kind-hearted person
   • vui như mở cờ trong bụng
     heart overbrimming with joy
   • bụng bảo dạ
     to think to oneself