nuốt chửng
Definition
- Verb:
- To swallow whole: To consume something, typically food, by taking it into the mouth and passing it down the throat without chewing.
- To engulf / To swallow up: To completely and overwhelmingly envelop, consume, or destroy something, often in a figurative sense.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Con rắn nuốt chửng con chuột. (The snake swallows the mouse whole.)
- Cơn sóng lớn nuốt chửng con thuyền. (The large wave engulfed the boat.)
- Công ty lớn đó nuốt chửng nhiều đối thủ cạnh tranh nhỏ. (That large company swallowed up many small competitors.)
Advanced Usage
- Figurative Use: Often used to describe abstract concepts like promises, agreements, or resources being completely taken over or disregarded.
- Hắn ta đã nuốt chửng lời hứa của mình. (He completely went back on his promise.)
Variants and Related Words
- Nuốt (v): To swallow. This is the base verb, while "nuốt chửng" emphasizes completeness or totality.
- Nuốt thuốc. (To swallow medicine.)
Synonyms
- Engulf: To surround and cover completely.
- Consume: To use up or destroy.
- Devour: To eat quickly and greedily.
Related Idioms
Nuốt hận: To swallow one's resentment; to be forced to accept an injustice without complaint.
- Anh ấy đành phải nuốt hận. (He had to swallow his resentment.)
Nuốt lời: To break one's word; to retract a promise.
- Đừng bao giờ nuốt lời. (Never go back on your word.)
verb
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to swallow up
