dăng
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Definition
Verb:
- To stretch out, to string up: To extend something in a line, often by hanging it between two points. Commonly used for setting up nets, wires, or lines.
- To spread out, to lay out: To arrange or display something over an area, such as laying out a blanket or unfurling a banner.
Verb (archaic/poetic):
- To hang (the moon): An older, literary usage referring to the moon appearing or hanging in the sky. This meaning is now rare and mostly found in classical poetry or fixed phrases.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Ngư dân dăng lưới trên sông. (The fishermen stretch out their nets on the river.)
- Chúng tôi dăng một tấm bạt lớn để che nắng. (We spread out a large tarpaulin to block the sun.)
- Verb (archaic):
- Trăng thanh dăng trên đỉnh núi. (The clear moon hangs over the mountain peak.)
Advanced Usage
- "dăng lưới": to set up a net.
- Việc dăng lưới đánh cá cần có kỹ thuật. (Setting up fishing nets requires skill.)
Variants and Related Words
- Giăng (v): This is the more common modern variant of "dăng" with identical meanings (to stretch, to spread, to hang).
- Họ giăng dây điện khắp sân. (They strung electrical wires all over the yard.)
Synonyms
- Stretch: To extend from one point to another.
- String up: To hang something on a line.
- Spread out: To open and arrange over a surface.
Related Idioms
- Dăng (giăng) câu: Literally "to cast a fishing line," often used to describe the act of setting a trap or laying bait.
- Hắn dăng câu chờ đối thủ mắc bẫy. (He cast his line, waiting for his opponent to fall into the trap.)
- Dăng (giăng) tơ: Literally "to spin silk" (like a spider), used poetically to describe creating delicate, interconnected threads or schemes.
- Mạng nhện giăng tơ đầy góc vườn. (Cobwebs spun silk all over the garden corner.)
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