dùi
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Noun:
- A stick for beating: A tool, typically a stick, used to strike or beat something, most commonly a drum.
- An awl, a punch: A pointed tool used for making holes, such as in leather or wood.
Verb:
- To prick, to punch (a hole): The action of making a hole using a pointed tool like an awl.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Người nghệ sĩ cầm dùi và đánh trống. (The artist holds the drumstick and beats the drum.)
- Anh ấy cần một cái dùi để đục lỗ trên tấm da. (He needs an awl to punch a hole in the leather.)
Verb:
- Hãy dùi một lỗ nhỏ ở đây. (Please prick a small hole here.)
- Thợ đóng sách dùng dụng cụ để dùi lỗ. (The bookbinder uses a tool to punch holes.)
Advanced Usage
"dùi cui": A police baton or club (a compound word listed separately as a variant).
- Cảnh sát được trang bị dùi cui. (Police are equipped with batons.)
"dùi trống": A drumstick (a specific compound term).
- Dùi trống bị gãy trong buổi biểu diễn. (The drumstick broke during the performance.)
Variants and Related Words
- Dùi cui (noun): Baton, club.
- Dùi trống (noun): Drumstick.
- Dùi đục (noun): A punch or awl for chiseling/hole-making (often seen in the idiom ).
Synonyms
- Noun (stick): Gậy (stick), que (rod).
- Noun (awl): Mũi khoan (drill bit), kim đục (punch needle).
- Verb: Đâm (to stab), chọc (to poke), khoan (to drill).
Related Idioms
"Đánh trống bỏ dùi": Literally "to beat the drum and then discard the drumstick." It means to start something with great enthusiasm but not see it through to the end; to quit halfway.
- Dự án thất bại vì anh ta đánh trống bỏ dùi. (The project failed because he started it but didn't finish it.)
"Dùi đánh đục, đục đánh săng": An idiom describing a chain of bullying or oppression, where the stronger bullies the weaker, similar to "the spider eats the fly, the lizard eats the spider."
- Trong thế giới đó, luật là dùi đánh đục, đục đánh săng. (In that world, the law is the strong preying on the weak.)
noun
- stick, awl awl
- dùi trốngA drumstick
verb
- to prick
- giùi lỗto prick holes