khoét
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Definition
- Verb:
- To bore; to pierce; to drill: To make a hole or hollow in a solid material using a tool or instrument.
- To gouge; to hollow out: To remove material to create a cavity or deeper recess.
- To extort; to squeeze (money): (Figurative, colloquial) To exploit or pressure someone to obtain money, often through corrupt or unfair means.
Usage Examples
- Verb (Physical Action):
- Người thợ khoét một lỗ trên tường. (The worker bored a hole in the wall.)
- Con mối đã khoét rỗng khúc gỗ. (The termites hollowed out the log.)
- Verb (Figurative Action):
- Bọn cho vay nặng lãi chỉ biết khoét tiền của dân nghèo. (The loan sharks only know how to squeeze money from the poor.)
Advanced Usage
- "khoét sâu": to deepen (literally or figuratively).
- Nhà báo muốn khoét sâu vào vụ bê bối. (The journalist wants to dig deeper into the scandal.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đục khoét (v): to gouge out; often used figuratively for systematic corruption or exploitation.
- Bọn tham quan đục khoét của công. (The corrupt officials embezzled public property.)
Synonyms
- Pierce: to make a hole by puncturing.
- Gouge: to cut or scoop out.
- Extort: to obtain something by force or threat.
Related Idioms
- Khoét vào túi người khác: To pick someone's pocket (figuratively, to take money unfairly).
- Chính sách thuế đó như là khoét vào túi người dân. (That tax policy is like picking the pockets of the people.)
verb
- to bore; to pierce; to broach
- khoét lỗto pierce a hole