chắp

Thân thiện

Chắp tay là một cử chỉ thể hiện sự tôn kính.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • Stye: A small, painful, pimple-like lump with a pointed head that grows on the edge of an eyelid, caused by a blocked gland.

2. Verb:

   • To join / To connect / To piece together: To attach separate parts or pieces to form a single, continuous, or complete whole.
   • To clasp (hands): To press the palms of both hands together, typically with fingers pointing upward, as a gesture of greeting, prayer, or respect.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Mắt em bé bị lên một cái chắp. (The baby has a stye on his eye.)
• Verb:
  • Bà chắp những mảnh vải vụn thành một tấm chăn. (She pieced together the fabric scraps into a blanket.)
  • Các học sinh chắp tay chào cô giáo. (The students clasped their hands to greet their teacher.)

Advanced Usage

• "chắp cánh": Literally "to join wings"; figuratively means to support or enable someone to succeed or soar.
  • Ước mơ của cô ấy đã được chắp cánh bởi học bổng này. (Her dream was given wings by this scholarship.)
• "chắp nối": To connect or splice things together, often information, stories, or electrical wires.
  • Cảnh sát đang cố gắng chắp nối các manh mối. (The police are trying to piece together the clues.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nối chắp (v): A variant emphasizing the act of joining or splicing.
  • Kỹ thuật nối chắp ảnh rất phổ biến. (Photo splicing technique is very common.)

Synonyms

• Noun: Stye, hordeolum.
• Verb (to join): Connect, assemble, splice, mend.
• Verb (to clasp): Press together, fold.

Related Idioms

• Chắp tay lạy: To clasp hands and bow deeply in a gesture of worship, deep gratitude, or supplication.
  • Cụ già chắp tay lạy tạ ơn. (The old man clasped his hands and bowed in thanks.)

Học thuật

noun

1. Sty, stye
   • mổ cái chắp ở mắt
     to lance a sty on an eye

verb

1. To patch up, to piece out, to piece up, to connect
   • chắp mảnh gương vỡ
     to patch up a broken mirror
   • mỗi người chỉ nhớ một câu, nhưng chắp lại cũng thành bài thơ trọn vẹn
     each person only remembered one line but a whole poem could be pieced out
   • chắp mối để bắt liên lạc
     to connect the contact and set up the liaison
2. To join, to clasp (the two hands)
   • chắp tay lạy
     to clasp hands and make a kowtow