Definition

1. Noun:
   • Saliva, drool: "nước dãi" refers to the watery liquid produced in the mouth, especially when it flows out unintentionally, such as during sleep or when seeing appetizing food.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Em bé đang ngủ và chảy nước dãi. (The baby is sleeping and drooling.)
  • Mùi thức ăn thơm quá khiến tôi chảy nước dãi. (The delicious smell of the food made my mouth water.)
  • Anh ấy lau nước dãi trên cằm. (He wiped the drool from his chin.)

Advanced Usage

• "chảy nước dãi": to drool, to salivate.

  • Con chó nhìn miếng thịt và chảy nước dãi. (The dog looked at the piece of meat and drooled.)

• "thèm chảy nước dãi": to crave something so much that one salivates.

  • Nhìn chiếc bánh ngon, tôi thèm chảy nước dãi. (Looking at the delicious cake, I'm drooling with desire.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nước bọt (n): Saliva, spit. This is a more general or clinical term for the liquid in the mouth.

  • Nước bọt giúp tiêu hóa thức ăn. (Saliva helps digest food.)

• Dãi (n): An older or less common term for saliva/drool, often used in the compound "nước dãi".

Synonyms

• Nước miếng (n): Saliva, drool (a common synonym in everyday speech).
• Slobber (n, English): Drool, especially in a messy way (often for animals).

Related Phrases

• "Nước dãi chảy dài": Drool is flowing long/continuously.
  • Đứa trẻ ngủ say, nước dãi chảy dài. (The child is fast asleep, drooling profusely.)

Related Idioms

• "Thèm nhỏ nước dãi": To desire something intensely (literally: to crave until producing small drool).
  • Thấy người ta đi du lịch, nó thèm nhỏ nước dãi. (Seeing others travel, he desires it intensely.)

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