song phi
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Definition
Verb:
- To kick with both feet simultaneously: This is the primary meaning, describing a martial arts or acrobatic move where both feet are used to kick at the same time.
- To fly side by side (of a pair of birds): A less common, more poetic meaning describing a male and female bird flying together horizontally.
Noun:
- A double kick: The action or technique of kicking with both feet at once.
- A pair flying together: Refers to the pair of birds (specifically a male and female) in flight.
Usage Examples
Verb:
- Võ sĩ đó có thể song phi và đánh ngã hai đối thủ cùng lúc. (That martial artist can execute a double kick and knock down two opponents at once.)
- Đôi chim én song phi trên bầu trời. (The pair of swallows fly side by side in the sky.)
Noun:
- Cú song phi của anh ấy thật mạnh mẽ. (His double kick is very powerful.)
- Người ta thường ví đôi uyên ương như một song phi. (People often compare a loving couple to a pair flying together.)
Advanced Usage
- "Đá song phi": This is the most common compound phrase, explicitly meaning "to perform a double kick." It is often used in the context of martial arts or action scenes.
- Trong phim, anh hùng thường đá song phi để hạ gục nhiều kẻ xấu. (In movies, the hero often performs a double kick to defeat multiple villains.)
Variants and Related Words
- Song hành (verb): To go together, to parallel. This shares the "song" (double, pair) element but refers to accompanying or paralleling in a general sense, not specifically flying or kicking.
- Phi (verb): To fly. This is the root verb in "song phi" for the avian meaning.
- Đá (verb): To kick. This is the root verb in the compound "đá song phi."
Synonyms
- Đá hai chân: To kick with two feet (a more descriptive, less technical phrase).
- Bay đôi: To fly as a pair (for the avian meaning).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Thực hiện cú song phi: To execute a double kick.
- Anh ấy đã thực hiện cú song phi hoàn hảo. (He executed the double kick perfectly.)
Related Idioms
- While "song phi" itself is not commonly used in idioms, the imagery of the paired birds can be evoked in poetic language to describe harmony or a couple in love, similar to "uyên ương" (mandarin ducks).
- Đá song phi
- To kick with two feet at the same time, to give a double kick