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Một trận mưa lớn làm sạt một mảng đất trên sườn đồi.

Definition

Verb:
- To shear off / to erode away (a part of something): Refers to the action of a force removing or breaking off a portion of a larger mass, often suddenly, as in erosion or destruction.
- To lose completely / to be wiped out: Describes the total loss of capital, fortune, or resources, typically in a financial or commercial context.
- To whiz past / to graze / to brush past: Indicates something moving very close to a surface or object at high speed, nearly making contact.
Adjective:
- Sheared-off / eroded: Describes the state of something having had a part torn or worn away.
- Financially ruined / bankrupt: Describes a state of having lost all one's money or capital.

Usage Examples

Verb (to shear off):
- Nước lũ phá sạt một mảng đê. (The floodwaters sheared off a section of the dyke.)
Verb (to lose completely):
- Sạt hết vốn. (To lose all one's capital.)
Verb (to whiz past):
- Viên đạn sạt qua tai. (A bullet whizzed past one's ear.)
Adjective (financially ruined):
- Anh ta bị sạt nghiệp sau vụ đầu tư đó. (He was financially ruined after that investment.)

Advanced Usage

"sạt lở": Refers specifically to landslides or land erosion where earth shears off.
- Mưa lớn gây sạt lở đất trên đường. (Heavy rain caused a landslide on the road.)
Used in a figurative, colloquial sense meaning to scold or berate severely.
- Bị sạt cho một trận vì lỗi lầm. (To be given a severe scolding for a mistake.)

Variants and Related Words

Synonyms

Related Idioms

Sạt mất cả vốn: To lose one's entire capital. Emphasizes total financial loss.
- Công ty phá sản, ông ấy sạt mất cả vốn. (The company went bankrupt, and he lost his entire capital.)

Một trận mưa lớn làm sạt một mảng đất trên sườn đồi.

Take off part of
- Nước lũ phá sạt một mảng đê
  Floods blew off part of the dyke
Lose all
- Sạt hết vốn
  To lose all one's capital
Whiz past
- Viên đạn sạt qua tai
  A bullet whizzed past one's ear

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