dộng cửa
Definition
- 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.