giẫm
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Definition
- Verb:
- To tread on, to step on: To place one's foot down onto something, often with the implication of applying pressure.
- To trample, to crush underfoot: To step on something repeatedly or with force, causing damage or destruction.
- (Informal, figurative) To fail (an exam): A colloquial expression likening failing an exam to slipping on a banana peel.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Đừng giẫm lên luống hoa. (Don't tread on the flower beds.)
- Con voi vô tình giẫm nát chiếc xe đạp. (The elephant accidentally trampled the bicycle flat.)
- Nó lo sợ sẽ giẫm vỏ chuối trong kỳ thi sắp tới. (He's afraid he'll fail the upcoming exam.)
Advanced Usage
- "giẫm đạp": To trample, to stamp on (emphasizes a violent or destructive action).
- Đám đông hỗn loạn giẫm đạp lên nhau để chạy thoát. (The chaotic crowd trampled over each other to escape.)
- "giẫm phải": To step on (something), often accidentally.
- Tôi đã giẫm phải một con ốc sên. (I stepped on a snail.)
- "giẫm lên": To step/tread on top of something.
- Anh ta đã giẫm lên chiếc kính mát của tôi. (He stepped on my sunglasses.)
Variants and Related Words
- Dẫm: A common variant spelling of "giẫm". The meanings are identical.
- Xe tăng dẫm nát mọi chướng ngại vật. (The tanks crushed all obstacles flat.)
- Giẫm is the base form. Related words often convey similar actions of stepping or pressing:
- Đạp (v): To pedal; to kick; to step on (often with more deliberate force than "giẫm").
- Xéo (v): To trample, to crush underfoot (often implies malice or contempt).
- Nện (v): To stamp, to tamp down (e.g., soil).
Synonyms
- Dẫm: (See Variants) To tread, to trample.
- Xéo: To trample, to crush.
- Chà đạp: To oppress, to trample upon (figurative, for rights/dignity).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Giẫm lên vết xe đổ: To repeat someone's failure; to follow in someone's failed footsteps (idiomatic).
- Anh đừng giẫm lên vết xe đổ của tôi. (Don't repeat my mistakes.)
- Giẫm chân tại chỗ: To make no progress; to be stuck in one place (idiomatic).
- Dự án này dường như đang giẫm chân tại chỗ. (This project seems to be making no progress.)
Related Idioms
- Giẫm vỏ chuối: (Lit: to step on a banana peel) To fail, especially an examination (colloquial idiom).
- Nó lo lắng sẽ "giẫm vỏ chuối" môn toán. (He's worried he'll "step on a banana peel" in math, i.e., fail the math exam.)
- Giẫm phải gai: (Lit: to step on a thorn) To encounter an unexpected difficulty or problem.
- Công ty mới giẫm phải gai khi thị trường sụp đổ. (The new company stepped on a thorn when the market collapsed.)
- Tread on, trample upon
- Đừng dẫm lên luống hoaDon't tread on the flower-beds
- Giẫm vỏ chuối (thông tục)To fail (in an examination)