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Anh ấy dùng dao chẻ một khúc gỗ thành những thanh nhỏ.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To split, to cleave: To separate something lengthwise along its grain or natural line using a sharp tool, creating pieces, strips, or slivers.
    • To split hairs (figurative): To make excessively fine distinctions; to nitpick.
Usage Examples
  • Verb:
    • Chị ấy đang chẻ rau muống để nấu canh. (She is splitting water morning-glory to cook soup.)
    • Người thợ chẻ tre thành những thanh mỏng để đan lát. (The craftsman cleaves bamboo into thin strips for weaving.)
    • Đừng chẻ sợi tóc làm nữa, vấn đề rất đơn giản. (Stop splitting hairs, the issue is very simple.)
Advanced Usage
  • "thế chẻ tre": An impetuous, unstoppable, and overwhelming advance (like splitting bamboo).
    • Đội quân tiến lên với thế chẻ tre. (The army advanced with an impetuous, overwhelming force.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Chẻ lạt (verb phrase): To split bamboo into thin, flexible tapes used for tying.
    • Ông cụ ngồi chẻ lạt để buộc bánh chưng. (The old man sat splitting bamboo tapes to tie sticky rice cakes.)
  • Chẻ củi (verb phrase): To split firewood.
    • Công việc buổi sáng của anh ấy chẻ củi. (His morning chore is splitting firewood.)
Synonyms
  • Bổ: To chop, to split (often with an axe, commonly for wood).
  • Tách: To separate, to split (more general, not necessarily by cutting).
  • Xẻ: To saw, to rip (lengthwise, often for timber or large objects).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
  • Chẻ ra: To split something open/out.
    • Anh ta chẻ quả dừa ra để lấy nước. (He split the coconut open to get the water.)
Related Idioms
  • Chẻ sợi tóc làm : Literally "to split a hair into four"; to nitpick, to make overly fine distinctions.
    • Anh ấy luôn chẻ sợi tóc làm trong các cuộc tranh luận. (He always splits hairs in arguments.)
chẻ

Anh ấy dùng dao chẻ một khúc gỗ thành những thanh nhỏ.

verb
  1. To split, to cleave
    • chẻ rau muống
      to split water morning-glory
    • chẻ lạt
      to split bamboo into tape
    • chẻ sợi tóc làm
      to split hairs
    • thế chẻ tre
      an impetuous advance