thiêu
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Definition
- Verb:
- To burn (something) completely; to reduce to ashes by fire: The primary meaning is to destroy or transform something through intense fire, often until it is completely consumed.
- To cremate: Specifically refers to the act of burning a dead body as part of a funeral rite.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Ngọn lửa đã thiêu rụi cả khu rừng. (The fire burned down the entire forest.)
- Theo di nguyện, ông ấy muốn được thiêu sau khi qua đời. (According to his will, he wanted to be cremated after death.)
- Cơn sốt khiến anh ấy cảm thấy nóng như bị thiêu. (The fever made him feel as hot as if he were burning.)
Advanced Usage
"thiêu sống": to burn alive.
- Tội ác thiêu sống người vô tội là không thể chấp nhận được. (The crime of burning innocent people alive is unacceptable.)
"thiêu hủy": to burn and destroy (often used for documents, evidence, or contaminated items).
- Các tài liệu mật đã được thiêu hủy. (The secret documents were burned.)
"nóng như thiêu": (idiomatic simile) as hot as burning; describes intense, scorching heat.
- Trời mùa hè nóng như thiêu. (The summer weather is scorching hot.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đốt (verb): to burn. This is a more general term, while "thiêu" implies complete consumption or a specific purpose like cremation.
- Hỏa thiêu (verb): a formal/synonymous term for cremation.
- Hỏa táng (verb): the formal term for the act of cremation.
- Thiêu đốt (verb): to burn fiercely; to consume with passion or fire (can be used literally or metaphorically).
Synonyms
- Đốt cháy: to burn.
- Hóa tro: to turn to ashes.
- Hỏa táng: to cremate.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- thiêu rụi: to burn down; to reduce to ashes.
- Trận cháy đã thiêu rụi ngôi nhà cổ. (The blaze burned down the ancient house.)
Related Idioms
- Lửa thiêu: (literally: burning fire) often used to describe a devastating fire or a metaphor for intense, destructive passion or suffering.
- Cuộc tình ấy như ngọn lửa thiêu, cháy hết rồi tàn. (That love was like a burning fire, it blazed and then died out.)