Definition

1. Verb:
   • To laminate; to beat into thin sheets: To make a material, especially metal, thinner by hammering or pressing.
   • To inlay; to overlay: To attach or apply thin pieces or layers of a material (like gold, silver) onto a surface, usually for decoration.

Usage Examples

• Verb (to laminate):

  • Người thợ kim hoàn đang dát mỏng miếng vàng. (The jeweler is laminating the piece of gold into a thin sheet.)
  • Đồng là kim loại dễ dát. (Copper is a metal that is easy to beat into thin sheets.)

• Verb (to inlay/overlay):

  • Chiếc hộp gỗ được dát vàng lộng lẫy. (The wooden box is splendidly inlaid with gold.)
  • Áo dát vàng (a gold-inlaid shirt)
  • Nền trời đầy sao, tựa như dát bạc. (The starry sky is as if inlaid with silver.)

Advanced Usage

• "dát mỏng": to laminate; to beat/press into a thin sheet.

  • Quy trình dát mỏng kim loại đòi hỏi sự khéo léo. (The process of laminating metal requires skill.)

• Used figuratively to describe a surface covered with something that resembles a thin, sparkling layer.

  • Mặt hồ phẳng lặng, dát ánh hoàng hôn. (The calm lake surface was overlaid with the glow of sunset.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dán (verb): to glue, to paste. (Note: Different from 'dát', which involves metal or thin layers).
• Khảm (verb): to inlay, often with pieces fitting together like a mosaic (e.g., khảm xà cừ - inlaid with mother-of-pearl). 'Dát' typically implies a continuous or sheet-like overlay.
• Lót (verb): to line, to underlay.

Synonyms

• Cán mỏng: to roll thin (for metals).
• Ốp: to veneer, to plate (often for larger surfaces).
• Tráng: to coat, to plate (e.g., tráng bạc - silver-plated).

Related Phrases/Idioms

• Văn dốt vũ dát: (Idiom) Describing someone who is poor at both literary and martial arts; incompetent in all fields. (Note: Here, 'dát' is a colloquial variation of 'nhát' meaning timid or cowardly, showing a different, slang meaning).
• Dát vàng lá: to apply gold leaf.

verb

1. to laminate; to make thinner

verb

1. to inlay
   • áo dát vàng
     a gold-inlaid shirt