tủa

Nước trong hang tủa tụt khe núi.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To pour out / to stream out: Refers to a liquid or substance flowing out in a steady, often rapid stream.
   • To swarm out / to spill out: Describes a large, disorganized group of people, animals, or things moving outwards from a central point.
   • To scatter / to spill: Indicates the action of something being dispersed or spread out, often messily, from a container or source.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nước mắt tủa ra từ đôi mắt cô. (Tears streamed from her eyes.)
  • Đám đông tủa ra từ các cửa nhà hát. (The crowd swarmed out from the theater doors.)
  • Anh ấy làm đổ túi gạo, tủa hạt ra sàn nhà. (He knocked over the bag of rice, scattering the grains on the floor.)

Advanced Usage

• "tủa ra": This common collocation emphasizes the outward movement of the action.
  • Tin tức lan truyền, và các phóng viên tủa ra hiện trường. (The news spread, and reporters swarmed to the scene.)

Variants and Related Words

• Túa ra (v): A common variant spelling and pronunciation with the same meanings.
  • Lũ trẻ túa ra sân chơi. (The children spilled out into the playground.)

Synonyms

• Stream: to flow or pour out in a current.
• Swarm: to move in or form a large, chaotic group.
• Scatter: to throw or spread things untidily over a surface.

Related Idioms

• Tủa như kiến vỡ tổ: To swarm out like ants from a broken nest. This idiom vividly describes a chaotic, rapid, and mass exodus.
  • Khi chuông reo, học sinh tủa ra khỏi lớp như kiến vỡ tổ. (When the bell rang, the students swarmed out of the classroom like ants from a broken nest.)