môi
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Definition
- Noun:
- Lip: The fleshy, movable outer part of the mouth.
- Ladle: A large, deep spoon with a long handle, used for serving soup or other liquids.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Lip):
- Cô ấy tô son đỏ lên môi. (She applied red lipstick to her lips.)
- Anh ấy cắn môi khi suy nghĩ. (He bit his lip while thinking.)
- Noun (Ladle):
- Dùng môi để múc canh ra bát. (Use the ladle to serve soup into the bowl.)
- Mẹ để cái môi gỗ bên cạnh nồi lẩu. (Mom placed the wooden ladle next to the hot pot.)
Advanced Usage
- "môi giới": to broker, to act as an intermediary.
- Công ty anh ấy môi giới bất động sản. (His company brokers real estate.)
- "trề môi": to pout, to hang one's lip in displeasure.
- Đứa bé trề môi khi không được mua đồ chơi. (The child pouted when she couldn't buy the toy.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đôi môi (n): lips (often used to refer to lips in a more descriptive or aesthetic sense).
- Đôi môi cô ấy mỉm cười. (Her lips smiled.)
- Bờ môi (n): the edge of the lip.
- Giọt nước lăn trên bờ môi. (A drop of water rolled on the edge of his lip.)
- Muôi (n): An alternative, common spelling for "ladle."
- Lấy muôi inox trong ngăn kéo. (Get the stainless steel ladle from the drawer.)
Synonyms
- Lip: labium (anatomical).
- Ladle: dipper, scoop.
Related Idioms and Proverbs
- Môi hở răng lạnh: Literally "If the lips are parted, the teeth get cold." It means that when close relatives or allies are weakened, one becomes vulnerable.
- Chúng ta phải đoàn kết, môi hở răng lạnh mà. (We must unite, for if the lips are parted, the teeth get cold.)
- Môi mép: Refers to eloquence or smooth talking.
- Anh ta chỉ giỏi môi mép. (He's only good at smooth talking.)
- Cười mím môi: to smile with closed lips.
- Cô ấy chỉ cười mím môi khi nghe tin. (She only smiled with closed lips upon hearing the news.)
noun
- ladle