Definition

1. Verb:
   • To strike or hit violently, often producing a loud clanging or clashing sound: This is the core meaning, describing a forceful impact, typically with a hard object like a hammer or metal, resulting in a loud noise.
   • To fight or brawl fiercely (colloquial/slang): Used informally to describe a physical fight or violent clash between people or groups.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Người thợ rèn choảng búa vào đe. (The blacksmith struck the hammer onto the anvil.)
  • Hai tên cướp choảng nhau ngay trên đường. (The two robbers brawled right on the street.)
  • Lấy búa choảng vào thanh sắt. (To strike the iron bar with a hammer.)

Advanced Usage

• "choảng nhau": This is the most common colloquial phrase, meaning "to fight each other," "to brawl," or "to clash violently."
  • Hai đội bóng choảng nhau kịch liệt trên sân. (The two football teams clashed fiercely on the field.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đánh choảng (v): A reinforcing phrase meaning to hit or strike violently.
  • Nó bị đánh choảng một cái vào đầu. (He was struck a violent blow to the head.)

Synonyms

• To strike: To hit forcefully.
• To bash: To hit hard.
• To clang: To make a loud, metallic sound (for the noise).
• To brawl: To fight roughly or noisily.
• To clash: To come into violent conflict.

Related Idioms

• Choảng cho một trận: To give someone a beating; to fight it out.
  • Chúng nó mâu thuẫn và cuối cùng choảng cho một trận. (They had a conflict and ended up fighting it out.)

verb

1. To strike with a clang
   • lấy búa choảng vào thanh sắt
     to strike with a clang an iron bar with a hammer
2. To be looked together in a fierce battle, to beat
   • hai bên choảng nhau kịch liệt
     both sides were looked in a fierce battle