dầm
Definition
Verb:
- To soak: To immerse something in a liquid for a period of time, often to soften it, infuse flavor, or preserve it.
- To pickle: To preserve food by soaking it in a seasoned vinegar or brine solution.
- To steep: To soak in a liquid, typically to extract flavor, as with tea or herbs.
Adjective:
- Waterlogged: Describing something, like soil or land, that is saturated with water.
- Cracked (of ceramics): Describing pottery, porcelain, or china that has developed fine cracks from being soaked or from age.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Mẹ tôi thích dầm đu đủ với nước mắm đường. (My mother likes to soak green papaya in a fish sauce and sugar mixture.)
- Cà pháo dầm trong hũ tương rất ngon. (Eggplants pickled in a soybean paste jar are delicious.)
- Adjective:
- Cánh đồng sau mưa bị dầm nước. (The field became waterlogged after the rain.)
- Chiếc bình sứ cổ này đã bị dầm. (This antique porcelain vase has become cracked.)
Advanced Usage
"dầm mưa": To be soaked by the rain; to be out in the rain for a long time.
- Anh ấy dầm mưa cả tiếng để chờ xe buýt. (He was out in the rain for an hour waiting for the bus.)
"dầm sương": To be exposed to the dew; often used poetically to describe being outdoors overnight or enduring hardship.
- Người lính gác dầm sương ngoài trại. (The guard stood watch, exposed to the dew outside the camp.)
Variants and Related Words
Ngâm dầm (v): A compound emphasizing prolonged soaking or steeping.
- Rượu thuốc cần phải ngâm dầm ít nhất sáu tháng. (Herbal liquor needs to be steeped for at least six months.)
Dầm dề (adj): Soggy; sopping wet; often describing something excessively wet or a situation mired in liquid.
- Sàn nhà dầm dề nước sau khi bể ống. (The floor was sopping wet after the pipe burst.)
Synonyms
- Soak: To make thoroughly wet.
- Marinate: To soak food in a seasoned liquid before cooking (a specific type of soaking).
- Saturated: Thoroughly soaked with liquid.
Related Idioms
- Dầm da dầm thịt: To endure hardship and exposure to the elements; to go through thick and thin.
- Họ đã dầm da dầm thịt cùng nhau xây dựng cơ nghiệp. (They endured all hardships together to build their fortune.)
verb
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to soak; to pickle; to steep
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