làm thịt
Definition
- Verb:
- To slaughter / to butcher: The primary meaning of "làm thịt" is to kill an animal, typically livestock, for the purpose of consuming its meat. It implies the entire process from killing to preparing the carcass.
- To kill / to take out (figurative, informal): In colloquial or slang contexts, "làm thịt" can be used metaphorically to mean to defeat, eliminate, or kill someone, often in a decisive or violent manner.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Gia đình tôi làm thịt một con gà cho bữa trưa. (My family slaughtered a chicken for lunch.)
- Con lợn đã được làm thịt từ sáng sớm. (The pig was butchered early in the morning.)
- Đội đối thủ bị làm thịt với tỉ số 5-0. (The opposing team was taken out with a score of 5-0.)
Advanced Usage
- "bị làm thịt": to be slaughtered/defeated (often used in sports or competition).
- Đội chủ nhà hoàn toàn bị làm thịt trong trận đấu. (The home team was completely slaughtered in the match.)
Variants and Related Words
Mổ thịt (v): to slaughter, to cut up meat (often used interchangeably with "làm thịt").
- Người bán thịt đang mổ thịt con heo. (The butcher is cutting up the pig.)
Giết mổ (v): to slaughter (more formal term for the commercial process).
- Nhà máy giết mổ gia súc. (The livestock slaughterhouse.)
Synonyms
- Slaughter: to kill animals for food.
- Butcher: to slaughter and cut up an animal for meat.
- Kill: to cause death (general term, used in the figurative sense).
Related Idioms
- Làm thịt gà không cần dao: Literally "to slaughter a chicken without a knife"; meaning to achieve a goal through cunning or trickery without direct force.
- Hắn ta làm thịt gà không cần dao, chiếm đoạt công ty một cách khéo léo. (He slaughtered the chicken without a knife, taking over the company cleverly.)