Definition

1. Verb:
   • To bang on a door: To strike a door forcefully and loudly, often with a hand, fist, or object, to create a loud noise, typically to demand attention or gain entry.
   • To batter a door / to break down a door: To hit a door with repeated, violent force in an attempt to force it open or break through it.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ai đó đang dộng cửa rất mạnh. (Someone is banging on the door very hard.)
  • Cảnh sát phải dộng cửa để vào bên trong. (The police had to batter the door down to get inside.)
  • Tiếng dộng cửa lúc nửa đêm làm tôi giật mình. (The sound of the door being banged in the middle of the night startled me.)

Advanced Usage

• The action implies urgency, anger, or an emergency situation. It is not a gentle knock but a forceful, often alarming action.

Variants and Related Words

• Đập cửa (v): to bang on a door. A very close synonym.

  • Hắn đập cửa ầm ầm. (He banged on the door thunderously.)

• Phá cửa (v): to break down a door, to smash a door open.

  • Họ dùng vòi rồng để phá cửa. (They used a battering ram to break down the door.)

Synonyms

• Bang on a door: To hit a door noisily and forcefully.
• Batter down a door: To strike a door repeatedly to break it open.
• Hammer on a door: To pound on a door.

Related Idioms

• While "dộng cửa" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, the action is commonly associated with scenes of police raids, urgent demands for entry, or dramatic confrontations in narratives.