Definition

1. Verb:
   • To smoke opium, to be an opium addict: "hút xách" refers to the act of smoking opium or, more broadly, to being addicted to opium. It is a general term for opium addiction and its associated behaviors.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Thời Pháp thuộc, nhiều người bị sa vào tệ nạn hút xách. (During the French colonial period, many people fell into the vice of opium smoking.)
  • Ông ấy đã bỏ được thói hút xách sau nhiều năm. (He quit his opium addiction after many years.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "hút xách" is often used in a historical or critical social context to describe the destructive habit of opium addiction. It carries a negative connotation.

Variants and Related Words

• Hút thuốc phiện: To smoke opium (more direct/literal).
• Nghiện ngập: To be addicted (general term for addiction).
• Ma túy: Drugs, narcotics (broader modern term).

Synonyms

• Nghiện thuốc phiện: To be addicted to opium.
• Hút á phiện: To smoke opium (an older term).

Related Phrases

• While "hút xách" itself is not typically part of phrasal verbs, it is a fixed compound verb. Related phrases often describe the state or consequences.
  • Sa vào con đường hút xách: To fall into the path of opium addiction.
  • Cai nghiện hút xách: To undergo rehabilitation for opium addiction.

Related Idioms

• No specific idioms are commonly formed with "hút xách" itself. It is primarily used as a direct term for the addictive behavior.

1. Smoke opium, be an opium addict (nói khái quát)