Definition

1. Verb:
   • To interrogate; to question intensely: To ask someone a series of persistent, detailed, and often pressing questions in order to obtain information or uncover the truth about a matter.
   • To cross-examine; to grill: To subject someone to a thorough and demanding questioning, often in a formal or aggressive manner.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Phóng viên lục vấn thị trưởng về vụ bê bối. (The reporter interrogated the mayor about the scandal.)
  • Cảnh sát lục vấn nghi phạm trong nhiều giờ. (The police grilled the suspect for hours.)
  • Đừng lục vấn tôi về chuyện cũ nữa. (Don't cross-examine me about the past anymore.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often implies a sense of pressure or an attempt to uncover hidden or reluctant information. It is stronger and more persistent than general questioning ().

Variants and Related Words

• Thẩm vấn (v): To interrogate (often in a legal or official context).
• Chất vấn (v): To question, to interrogate (often in a political or formal debate context).

Synonyms

• Interrogate: To ask questions formally and systematically.
• Grill: To question intensely and persistently.
• Cross-examine: To question closely, especially to check answers given previously.

Related Idioms

• While "lục vấn" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, the action it describes is central to phrases like (to be bombarded with questions).

verb

1. to interrogate; to examine
   • lục vị
     the six tastes