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Một nhát dao cắt đứt sợi dây thừng.

Definition

Adjective:
- Timid; easily frightened: Describes a person or animal who is easily scared, lacks courage, or is shy in a fearful way.
- Faint; weak: Describes something, like a sound or light, that is weak or feeble.
Noun:
- A cut; a slash; a stroke: Refers to a single, swift action of cutting, chopping, stabbing, or striking with a tool or weapon.
- A thin slice: A thin piece cut from something, like food.
- A very brief moment: A very short, fleeting instant of time (similar to "lát").

Usage Examples

Adjective:
- Đứa trẻ đó rất nhát, không dám nói chuyện với người lạ. (That child is very timid and dares not talk to strangers.)
- Ánh sáng nhát qua khe cửa. (A faint light came through the door crack.)
Noun:
- Tên cướp đe doạ nạn nhân bằng một nhát dao. (The robber threatened the victim with a slash of a knife.)
- Cô ấy thái hành thành từng nhát mỏng. (She sliced the onion into thin pieces.)
- Hãy chờ tôi một nhát. (Wait for me just a moment.)

Advanced Usage

Verb (colloquial/dialectal): To frighten; to intimidate, especially used in the context of scaring children.
- Đừng nhát em bé như thế. (Don't frighten the baby like that.)

Variants and Related Words

Nhát gan (adj): Literally "timid liver," meaning cowardly, easily scared.
- Anh ta nhát gan, không dám đi một mình. (He is cowardly and doesn't dare go alone.)
Nhát người (adj): To be startled, to have a fright.
- Tiếng nổ làm tôi nhát người. (The explosion made me jump.)

Synonyms

Related Idioms

Nhát như cáy: As timid as a crab (in its hole); meaning extremely cowardly.
- Nó sợ bóng tối, nhát như cáy. (He's afraid of the dark, as timid as a crab.)
Một nhát đến tai, hai nhát đến gáy: (Proverb) Literally "One stroke to the ear, two strokes to the nape." Means to be decisive and thorough in action, often to solve a problem completely.

Một nhát dao cắt đứt sợi dây thừng.

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