làm nhàu
Definition
- Verb:
- To crumple / to crush: To press or squeeze something, typically fabric or paper, so that it becomes creased, wrinkled, and loses its smooth shape.
- To rumple: To make something, especially clothing or bedding, untidy and full of wrinkles.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Đừng làm nhàu giấy tờ quan trọng. (Do not crumple the important documents.)
- Cô ấy vô tình làm nhàu chiếc váy mới. (She accidentally crumpled her new dress.)
- Đứa trẻ nằm lên giường và làm nhàu hết chăn ga. (The child lay on the bed and rumpled all the sheets.)
Advanced Usage
- The action often implies a careless or unintentional act that results in an untidy, wrinkled state. It is most commonly applied to flexible, thin materials.
Variants and Related Words
- Nhàu nát (adj): thoroughly crumpled, crushed, and creased.
- Tờ báo bị vò nhàu nát. (The newspaper was crumpled into a ball.)
Synonyms
- Crumple: To crush something into a creased state.
- Rumple: To make something untidy and wrinkled.
- Crush: To press something out of shape.
Related Idioms
- Làm nhàu lòng: To offend or hurt someone's feelings (a figurative extension, likening emotional hurt to the wrinkling of fabric).
- Lời nói vô tình của anh ấy đã làm nhàu lòng cô. (His careless words hurt her feelings.)