nhể
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Definition
- Verb:
- To winkle out, to extract: To remove something small, embedded, or hard to reach by using a pointed object or a careful prying action. This action is typically delicate and precise.
Usage
- The verb nhể describes a specific, careful action of extraction. It is used when the object being removed is small, stuck, or requires a pointed tool (like a pin, needle, or fingertip) to be coaxed out.
- It often implies the object is embedded in something else (e.g., flesh, a shell, a tight space).
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cô ấy dùng cây kim để nhể cái dằm ra khỏi ngón tay. (She used a needle to extract the splinter from her finger.)
- Anh ấy đang nhể thịt ốc bằng một cái tăm. (He is winkling out the snail meat with a toothpick.)
- Hãy cẩn thận nhể mảnh thủy tinh nhỏ đó ra. (Be careful to pick out that small piece of glass.)
Advanced Usage
- "nhể ra": to pick/pluck/extract out. This phrasal form emphasizes the action of removing something from where it is lodged.
- Bác sĩ phải nhể ra mảnh đạn nhỏ. (The doctor had to extract the small shrapnel piece.)
Variants and Related Words
- Khêu (verb): to poke, to pick (out). This is a close synonym but can be less delicate and more general than nhể.
- Lấy ra (verb phrase): to take out. This is a very general term, lacking the specific connotation of using a pointed tool for a delicate extraction.
Synonyms
- Lấy ra (cẩn thận): to take out (carefully).
- Gỡ ra: to disentangle, to remove (often from a tangle).
- Khều ra: to pry out (similar to khêu).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Nhể lên: to pry up, to lift out by prying.
- Dùng dao để nhể lên nắp hộp. (Use a knife to pry up the lid of the box.)
Related Idioms
- (This specific verb is very concrete and action-oriented, and is not commonly used in figurative idioms. Its usage is almost always literal.)
- Winkle out, extract
- Nhể ốcTo winkle out shellfishes
- Nhể gaiTo extract a thorn