dát
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Definition
- 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
- to laminate; to make thinner
verb
- to inlay
- áo dát vànga gold-inlaid shirt