Definition

1. 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.

2. 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).

1. Đá song phi
2. To kick with two feet at the same time, to give a double kick