chảy
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Definition
- Verb:
- To flow, to run: The primary meaning describes the movement of a liquid or a fluid-like substance in a stream or current.
- To leak, to drip: Describes liquid escaping from a container through a hole or crack.
- To melt: Describes a solid substance turning into liquid, often due to heat.
- To sag, to droop: Describes something becoming loose, stretched, or hanging down limply.
Usage Examples
- To flow:
- Con sông chảy xiết. (The river flows swiftly.)
- Dòng người chảy trên đường phố. (The stream of people flows in the street.)
- To leak / To drip:
- Nồi này bị chảy. (This pot leaks.)
- Nước mắt chảy như mưa. (Tears flow down like rain.)
- To melt:
- Kem bắt đầu chảy dưới ánh nắng. (The ice cream began to melt in the sunlight.)
- Sắt chảy ở nhiệt độ rất cao. (Iron melts at a very high temperature.)
- To sag:
- Chiếc áo len cũ đã bị chảy. (The old sweater has stretched/sagged.)
- Hai má chảy xuống. (The cheeks sag down.)
Advanced Usage
- "chảy máu": to bleed.
- Vết thương đang chảy máu. (The wound is bleeding.)
- "chảy xệ": to sag heavily, to become flabby.
- Làn da bắt đầu chảy xệ theo tuổi tác. (The skin begins to sag with age.)
Variants and Related Words
- Chảy tràn (v): to overflow.
- Nước từ bồn rửa chảy tràn ra sàn. (Water from the sink overflowed onto the floor.)
- Thấm chảy (v): to seep, to ooze.
- Nước thấm chảy qua bức tường. (Water seeped through the wall.)
Synonyms
- Flow: for liquids moving in a stream.
- Leak: for liquid escaping.
- Melt: for solids turning to liquid.
- Drip: for falling in drops.
- Sag: for losing firmness and hanging down.
Related Idioms
- Nước chảy đá mòn: Constant dripping wears away a stone. (Perseverance overcomes all obstacles.)
- Hãy kiên nhẫn, nước chảy đá mòn mà. (Be patient, constant effort brings success.)
- Máu chảy ruột mềm: When blood flows, the heart softens. (One feels deep pity for a suffering relative or compatriot.)
- Nhìn thấy đồng bào gặp nạn, thật là máu chảy ruột mềm. (Seeing our compatriots in distress truly tugs at the heartstrings.)
verb
- To flow, to run
- con sông chảy xiếtthe river runs very fast
- nước chảy đá mònconstant dropping wears stone
- người đi như nước chảythere were flowing streams of people
- dòng người chảy trên đường phốthe stream of people flowed in the street
- nước mắt chảy như mưatears flowed down like rain
- bì thủng, gạo chảy mất nhiềuthe bag having holes in it, a lot of rice has run out
- kẹo chảy nướcthe sweets have begun to run (because of the humidity of the air)
- To melt, to leak