cưa
Definition
- Verb:
- To saw: To cut or divide something (typically wood, metal, or other hard materials) using a saw or a similar back-and-forth motion.
- To amputate (medical/surgical context): To cut off a limb or other part of the body surgically.
- To chat up / To hit on (slang): To attempt to flirt with or romantically pursue someone, often in a persistent or obvious manner.
Usage Examples
- Verb (To saw):
- Anh ấy đang cưa một khúc gỗ lớn. (He is sawing a large log.)
- Chúng tôi cần cưa thanh kim loại này làm đôi. (We need to saw this metal bar in half.)
- Verb (To amputate):
- Các bác sĩ buộc phải cưa chân của bệnh nhân. (The doctors were forced to amputate the patient's leg.)
- Verb (To chat up / To hit on):
- Cậu ta đang cố cưa cô gái ở quán cà phê. (He's trying to chat up the girl at the coffee shop.)
- Đừng có mà cưa sừng làm nghé. (Don't try to hit on someone who is clearly out of your league. - Idiomatic)
Advanced Usage
- "cưa đổ": To successfully woo someone; to "saw down" in the sense of making the person fall for you.
- Sau ba tháng tán tỉnh, cuối cùng anh ta cũng cưa đổ được cô ấy. (After three months of courting, he finally won her over.)
- "cưa cẩm": Synonymous with "cưa" in the flirting sense; to sweet-talk or court someone.
- Anh chàng đó nổi tiếng với tài cưa cẩm. (That guy is famous for his sweet-talking skills.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cái cưa (Noun): A saw (the tool).
- Tôi cần mượn cái cưa của bạn. (I need to borrow your saw.)
- Cưa xẻ (Verb): To saw and cut up; to dissect (can be used literally or figuratively).
- Họ cưa xẻ vấn đề từ nhiều góc độ. (They dissected the problem from many angles.)
- Thợ cưa (Noun): Sawyer; a person whose job is to saw wood.
Synonyms
- Xẻ (Verb): To cut, to split (often for wood, but without the specific back-and-forth motion of sawing).
- Cắt (Verb): To cut (general term).
- Tán tỉnh (Verb): To flirt with, to court (for the slang meaning).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs / Common Collocations)
- Cưa cây: To saw a tree.
- Cưa tay/chân: To amputate an arm/leg.
- Bị cưa chân: To have one's leg amputated.
- Đi cưa: To go sawing (literal); or to go trying to pick someone up (slang, context-dependent).
Related Idioms
- Cưa sừng làm nghé: Literally "to saw off horns to make a calf"; means to pretend to be younger or less experienced than one is, often in the context of flirtation. Implies trying to hit on someone in a way that is seen as inappropriate or foolish for one's age/status.
- Ông ấy già rồi mà còn đi cưa sừng làm nghé với mấy cô sinh viên. (He's old but still goes around trying to act young and hit on female students.)
verb
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to saw; to amputate
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