dằm
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Definition
- Noun:
- Splinter: A small, sharp, slender piece of wood, bamboo, or other material that has broken off and become embedded in the skin or flesh.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Tôi bị một cái dằm đâm vào tay. (I got a splinter in my hand.)
- Cô ấy dùng kim để lấy cái dằm ra. (She used a needle to remove the splinter.)
- Đi chân đất dễ bị dằm đâm. (Walking barefoot makes it easy to get a splinter.)
Advanced Usage
- "Ngồi phải dằm": An idiom meaning to sit on something uncomfortable or to be in an awkward, prickly situation, similar to the feeling of having a splinter.
- Cuộc họp đó khiến tôi như ngồi phải dằm. (That meeting made me feel very uncomfortable, as if I were sitting on a splinter.)
Variants and Related Words
- Giằm: A dialectal variant with the same meaning as "dằm" (splinter).
- Mảnh vụn: Fragment, shard (a more general term for a small broken piece, not necessarily sharp or embedded).
- Dằm thép: Wire splinter or metal sliver (a specific type of splinter made of metal).
Synonyms
- Mảnh gai: Thorn fragment.
- Mảnh tre: Bamboo sliver.
Related Phrases
- Đâm dằm: To get a splinter (embedded).
- Anh ta bị đâm dằm khi sửa hàng rào. (He got a splinter while fixing the fence.)
- Nhổ dằm: To remove/extract a splinter.
- Mẹ tôi nhổ dằm cho em tôi rất khéo. (My mother removes splinters for my sibling very skillfully.)
noun
- splinter