Definition

1. Verb:
   • To throw; to fling; to hurl; to sling: To propel an object through the air with force, often with a swinging or sweeping arm motion.
   • To soar; to hover; to glide: To fly through the air in a smooth, sweeping, or circular motion, often without flapping wings.

Usage Examples

• Verb (to throw):
  • Đứa trẻ liệng viên đá xuống ao. (The child flung a stone into the pond.)
  • Anh ấy liệng mẩu giấy vào thùng rác. (He tossed the scrap of paper into the trash bin.)
• Verb (to soar):
  • Chim ưng liệng vòng trên bầu trời. (The hawk soared in circles in the sky.)
  • Chiếc lá khô liệng trong gió. (The dry leaf glided in the wind.)

Advanced Usage

• "liệng cánh": to bank (an aircraft); to tilt wings while flying.
  • Máy bay liệng cánh để đổi hướng. (The airplane banked to change direction.)
• "liệng đi": (colloquial) to throw away, to discard.
  • Hãy liệng đi những thứ không cần thiết. (Just throw away the unnecessary things.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ném: (verb) A more general synonym for "to throw."
• Quăng: (verb) To throw, often with less care or force than "ném."
• Vút: (verb) To dart or swoop (often for birds or objects moving swiftly).
• Chao liệng: (verb phrase) To swoop and glide erratically (e.g., of a leaf in the wind).

Synonyms

• For "to throw": Ném, quăng, phóng.
• For "to soar": Lượn, bay lượn, chao.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Liệng qua liệng lại: To glide/swing back and forth.
  • Con diều liệng qua liệng lại trên không. (The kite glided back and forth in the air.)

Related Idioms

• "Liệng như chim": To glide/swing like a bird (describing graceful, sweeping motion).
  • Cô ấy nhảy múa, tay liệng như chim. (She danced, her arms gliding like a bird's wings.)

verb

1. to throw; to fling; to hurl; to sling
   • liệng đá vào người ai
     to sling stones at somebody to soar ; to hover