nẫng
Definition
- Verb (colloquial):
- To swipe, to pilfer, to snatch: To steal something quickly, slyly, or in a sneaky manner, often when the owner is momentarily distracted. It implies a swift, opportunistic act of theft.
- To snatch away (an opportunity): Figuratively, to take an opportunity, advantage, or benefit from someone just before they can get it, akin to beating them to it.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Tôi để điện thoại trên bàn, ai đó đã nẫng mất. (I left my phone on the table, someone swiped it.)
- Nó nẫng mất cái bánh cuối cùng. (He snatched the last cake.)
- Anh ta suýt được việc nhưng bị đồng nghiệp nẫng tay trên. (He almost got the job but a colleague snatched it away from him.)
Advanced Usage
- "nẫng tay trên": A set phrase meaning to get ahead of someone and take what they were about to get; to beat someone to the punch and deprive them of a benefit.
- Hai công ty cùng muốn hợp tác, nhưng đối thủ đã nẫng tay trên. (Both companies wanted to cooperate, but the rival beat them to it.)
Variants and Related Words
- Ăn cắp (v): To steal (more general term).
- Chôm (v, colloquial): To pinch, to nick (similar colloquial sense).
- Lấy trộm (v): To take stealthily, to pilfer.
Synonyms
- Swipe: To steal quickly and casually.
- Pilfer: To steal things of small value.
- Snatch: To take something quickly, often forcefully or stealthily.
- Filch: To steal something of little value in a casual way.
Related Idioms
- Nẫng mất cơ hội: To snatch away an opportunity.
- Cậu ấy do dự nên bị nẫng mất cơ hội tốt. (He hesitated so a good opportunity was snatched away.)
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(thông tục) Swipe, steal
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Bị nẫng mất cái túiTo have one's bag swiped
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