gột

Thân thiện

Mẹ dùng nước để gột vết bùn trên chiếc áo trắng.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To remove a stain by washing or rinsing: The primary meaning of "gột" is to clean a specific dirty spot or stain from fabric, clothing, or a surface, typically by applying water or a liquid to that spot.
   • To cleanse or purify (often figuratively): Used to describe the act of washing away moral blemishes, sins, or impurities, leading to a state of purity.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy gột vết cà phê trên áo sơ mi. (She removed the coffee stain from her shirt.)
  • Gột rửa tội lỗi là một khái niệm trong tôn giáo. (To cleanse sins is a concept in religion.)

Advanced Usage

• "gột rửa": to cleanse, to purify (often used in moral, spiritual, or profound physical contexts).
  • Anh ấy muốn gột rửa quá khứ của mình. (He wants to cleanse his past.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gột tội (v): to atone for sins, to wash away guilt.
  • Hành động thiện nguyện để gột tội. (Do volunteer work to atone for sins.)

Synonyms

• To wash out: to remove a stain by washing.
• To cleanse: to make thoroughly clean, often implying purity.
• To rinse out: to wash lightly with water.

Related Idioms

• Có bột mới gột nên hồ: Literally, "you must have flour to make paste." Figuratively, you must have the essential materials or foundation to achieve something; you cannot make something out of nothing.
  • Muốn kinh doanh, vốn là quan trọng, đúng là có bột mới gột nên hồ. (To do business, capital is important; it's true that you can't make something from nothing.)

Học thuật

verb

1. to clean
   • gá»™t rá»­a
     to cleanse