liệng
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Definition
- 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
- to throw; to fling; to hurl; to sling
- liệng đá vào người aito sling stones at somebody to soar ; to hover