lột vỏ
Definition
- Verb:
- To peel: To remove the outer skin or covering from something, such as a fruit or vegetable.
- To shell: To remove the hard outer layer from something, such as a nut or egg.
- To bark / to decorticate: To strip the bark or outer layer from a tree or plant.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cô ấy đang lột vỏ cam. (She is peeling an orange.)
- Anh ấy lột vỏ trứng luộc. (He is shelling a boiled egg.)
- Người nông dân lột vỏ cây. (The farmer is stripping the bark from the tree.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase can be used figuratively to describe exposing the truth or the core of a matter by removing superficial layers.
- Nhà báo đó có tài lột vỏ sự thật. (That journalist has a talent for peeling away layers to reveal the truth.)
Variants and Related Words
Bóc vỏ (v): A near-synonym often used interchangeably for peeling fruits or vegetables.
- Bóc vỏ chuối. (To peel a banana.)
Tước vỏ (v): To strip or peel off, often used for bark or fibrous materials.
- Tước vỏ cây tre. (To strip the bark from bamboo.)
Synonyms
- Peel: To remove the skin of a fruit or vegetable.
- Shell: To remove the shell from an egg or nut.
- Decorticate: To remove the bark, husk, or outer layer, especially from a plant.
Related Idioms
- Lột mặt nạ: Literally "to peel off the mask," meaning to expose someone's true nature or to unmask a deception.
- Bài phóng sự đã lột mặt nạ tên tội phạm. (The investigative report unmasked the criminal.)