nện

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Một người thợ rèn nện sắt trên đe.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To strike or hit forcefully and repeatedly: This is the core meaning, implying a heavy, impactful action, often with a tool or object.
   • To ram or tamp down: To compact something, like soil or earth, by applying strong, repeated downward force.
   • (Colloquial) To beat or thrash someone: Used informally to mean giving someone a severe beating.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Người thợ rèn nện búa lên đe. (The blacksmith strikes the hammer on the anvil.)
  • Họ phải nện đất cho thật chặt trước khi đổ bê tông. (They have to ram down the soil firmly before pouring concrete.)
  • Nó bị nện cho một trận nên thân. (He was given a sound beating.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a connotation of dull, heavy, and repetitive impact, distinct from a single, sharp strike.
• It can be used figuratively in very informal contexts to describe defeating someone decisively, as in a game or argument.

Variants and Related Words

• Đập (v): To hit, to smash. Generally means to strike something to break it or make a noise.
• Giã (v): To pound. Often used for pounding food (like rice) in a mortar.
• Nện nện (reduplication): Describes the sound or action of repeated thumping or tamping.

Synonyms

• Strike: To hit forcefully.
• Pound: To strike repeatedly with heavy blows.
• Ram: To force something down or into place by heavy impact.
• Thrash: To beat soundly (for the colloquial meaning).

Related Idioms

• Nện cho một trận: To give someone a beating/hiding.
  • Thằng bé hư quá, cần phải nện cho một trận. (The boy is too naughty; he needs a good hiding.)

Học thuật

1. Strike, hit, beat
   • Nện búa lên đe
     To strike the anvil with the hammer
   • Nện cho ai một trận nên thân
     To hit someone soundly, to give someone a sound beating
2. Ram down
   • Nện đất
     To ram down the soil