rưới
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Definition
- Verb:
- To sprinkle; to pour or scatter a liquid lightly and gently over a surface: The action of letting a liquid fall in small drops or a thin stream, typically to moisten, season, or coat something.
- To souse; to drench or soak with a liquid: While often implying a lighter action than "drench," it can mean to wet something thoroughly by pouring.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cô ấy rưới nước sốt lên món salad. (She sprinkled the sauce over the salad.)
- Trước khi nướng, anh ấy rưới một ít dầu ô liu lên cá. (Before grilling, he drizzled a little olive oil over the fish.)
- Mưa rưới nhẹ trên những tán lá. (The rain sprinkled lightly on the leaves.)
Advanced Usage
- "Rưới rượu": To sprinkle or pour wine (often in a ceremonial or cooking context).
- Đầu bếp rưới rượu vang đỏ lên món thịt hầm. (The chef sprinkled red wine over the stew.)
- "Rưới nước mắm": To sprinkle or add fish sauce (a common action in Vietnamese cooking).
- Chỉ cần rưới nước mắm pha lên cơm trắng là có thể ăn. (You can eat it by just sprinkling mixed fish sauce over white rice.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tưới (verb): To water, to irrigate. This implies a more substantial or directed flow of liquid, often for plants.
- Tưới cây (to water plants).
- Rắc (verb): To sprinkle (solid particles). Used for scattering dry ingredients like salt, pepper, or herbs.
- Rắc tiêu (to sprinkle pepper).
- Giội (verb): To pour copiously, to douse. Implies a heavier, more forceful application of liquid.
- Giội nước (to douse with water).
Synonyms
- Sprinkle: To scatter in small drops or particles.
- Drizzle: To pour in a fine, gentle stream.
- Moisten: To make slightly wet.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Rưới lên: To sprinkle onto/over something.
- Hãy rưới sốt lên trên bánh. (Please sprinkle the sauce onto the cake.)
- Rưới xuống: To sprinkle down (from above).
- Nước từ mái nhà rưới xuống. (Water sprinkled down from the roof.)
Related Idioms
- Rưới dầu vào lửa: Literally "to sprinkle oil into the fire," meaning to aggravate a situation, to add fuel to the fire.
- Những bình luận đó chỉ như rưới dầu vào lửa. (Those comments were just like adding fuel to the fire.)