Definition

1. Verb:
   • To level: To make a surface flat, even, or smooth.
   • To raze / to flatten: To completely destroy buildings or structures, leaving the area flat.
   • To equalize: To make conditions, treatment, or opportunities uniform or the same for everyone.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Công nhân đang san bằng mặt đất để xây dựng. (Workers are leveling the ground for construction.)
  • Trận bom đã san bằng cả ngôi làng. (The bombing raid razed the entire village to the ground.)
  • Chính sách mới nhằm san bằng cơ hội giáo dục. (The new policy aims to equalize educational opportunities.)

Advanced Usage

• "san bằng mọi thứ": to level/flatten everything.
  • Cơn bão mạnh gần như san bằng mọi thứ trên đường đi của nó. (The powerful storm nearly flattened everything in its path.)

Variants and Related Words

• San (v): to level, to grade, to spread earth.

  • Họ sẽ san lấp mặt bằng vào tuần tới. (They will grade the site next week.)

• Bằng phẳng (adj): flat, level, even.

  • Con đường mới rất bằng phẳng. (The new road is very smooth and level.)

Synonyms

• Level: To make a surface flat.
• Raze: To destroy completely.
• Flatten: To make or become flat.
• Equalize: To make things equal.

Related Idioms

• San bằng mọi trở ngại: to level all obstacles (to overcome all difficulties).
  • Đội bóng quyết tâm san bằng mọi trở ngại để giành chức vô địch. (The team is determined to level all obstacles to win the championship.)

verb

1. to level, to raze to the ground
   • san bằng mặt đường
     to level a road surface