rỉa
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Definition
- Verb:
- To peck: To strike or pick up with a beak, especially in small, repeated motions. Often used for birds.
- To nibble: To bite or eat something with small, gentle bites. Commonly used for fish biting at bait or animals eating slowly.
- To pick at: To eat food slowly, without appetite, taking only small pieces.
- To preen: To clean and arrange feathers with the beak (used specifically for birds).
- To make snide/cutting remarks: To criticize someone in a sly, malicious, or indirect way.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Chim sẻ đang rỉa những hạt thóc trên sân. (The sparrow is pecking at the rice grains in the yard.)
- Cá nhỏ rỉa mồi nhưng không cắn câu. (The small fish nibbled at the bait but did not take the hook.)
- Nó chỉ ngồi rỉa cơm trong bát. (He just sat there picking at the rice in his bowl.)
- Con vẹt đang rỉa lông cho sạch sẽ. (The parrot is preening its feathers to clean them.)
- Đừng có rỉa nhau như thế, hãy nói chuyện thẳng thắn. (Don't make such snide remarks about each other; talk directly.)
Advanced Usage
- "rỉa rói": To criticize or pick on someone persistently and in a nitpicking, harsh manner.
- Bà ấy suốt ngày rỉa rói lỗi lầm của con dâu. (She spends all day nitpicking her daughter-in-law's mistakes.)
Variants and Related Words
- Mổ (v): To peck, but often implies a stronger, more forceful action than "rỉa."
- Gặm (v): To gnaw, to chew on something persistently.
- Ngoạm (v): To take a large bite or snap at something (much more forceful than "rỉa").
Synonyms
- Peck: (for birds)
- Nibble: (for fish, small animals)
- Pick at: (for eating without appetite)
- Preen: (for birds grooming)
- Snide: (for malicious remarks)
Related Idioms
- Rỉa xương: Literally "to pick at the bones." Figuratively, to analyze or criticize every tiny detail, often after the main part is gone.
- Vụ án đã xong, báo chí vẫn còn rỉa xương. (The case is over, but the press is still picking at the bones.)
verb
- to peck; to strike with the beak (of fish) to nibble (at) the bait