moi
Definition
- Verb:
- To dig out / to scoop out: To remove the inner part or contents of something by digging, poking, or scooping, often with fingers or a tool.
- To extract (information or secrets): To cleverly or persistently obtain information, confessions, or secrets that someone is reluctant to give.
- To fish out / to pull out: To retrieve something from a confined or hidden place.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Đứa trẻ đang moi kem trong hộp. (The child is scooping out ice cream from the box.)
- Phóng viên cố moi thông tin từ nhân chứng. (The reporter tried to extract information from the witness.)
- Anh ấy moi chìa khóa từ trong túi quần. (He fished the keys out of his trouser pocket.)
Advanced Usage
"moi móc": to dig up (often negative past events or secrets).
- Đừng moi móc những chuyện buồn đã qua. (Don't dig up old, sad stories.)
"moi tiền": to squeeze money out of someone.
- Bọn lừa đảo cố moi tiền của người già. (The scammers tried to squeeze money out of the elderly.)
Variants and Related Words
- Moi mắt (v): to gouge out an eye.
- Hành động moi mắt là cực kỳ dã man. (The act of gouging out an eye is extremely brutal.)
Synonyms
- Excavate: to dig out (earth, an object).
- Extract: to remove or obtain something, especially information.
- Gouge: to cut or scoop out.
- Probe: to investigate or ask questions to discover facts.
Related Idioms
Moi bí mật trong lòng đất: (Lit. to dig secrets from the heart of the earth) – to uncover deeply hidden secrets.
- Nhà khảo cổ như đang moi bí mật trong lòng đất. (The archaeologist is like digging secrets from the heart of the earth.)
Moi ruột, moi gan: (Lit. to dig out intestines, dig out liver) – to cause extreme mental anguish or to try to understand someone's deepest feelings.
- Câu chuyện đó khiến người nghe đau đớn như bị moi ruột moi gan. (That story causes listeners pain as if their intestines and liver were being dug out.)
verb
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to dig
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