Definition

1. Verb:
   • To embroider: The primary meaning of "thêu thùa" is the craft of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread, yarn, or other decorative materials. It is a general term for embroidery work.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Bà tôi rất giỏi thêu thùa. (My grandmother is very skilled at embroidery.)
  • Cô ấy dành cả buổi chiều để thêu thùa trên tấm vải. (She spent the whole afternoon embroidering on the fabric.)
  • Những chiếc khăn tay có thêu thùa rất tinh xảo. (The handkerchiefs have very intricate embroidery.)

Advanced Usage

• Figurative Use: "Thêu thùa" can sometimes be used metaphorically to mean embellishing or adding fabricated details to a story.
  • Đừng có thêu thùa thêm cho câu chuyện nữa! (Don't embroider the story any further!)

Variants and Related Words

• Thêu (v): to embroider. This is the core verb, while "thêu thùa" is the more general, compound term.
  • Cô ấy đang thêu một bông hoa. (She is embroidering a flower.)
• Thùa (v): This word is rarely used alone in modern Vietnamese but historically relates to needlework. It is almost exclusively used in the compound "thêu thùa."
• May thêu (v): to sew and embroider; a term for needlework in general.

Synonyms

• Embroider: To decorate cloth with needlework.
• Stitch: To sew or embroider with stitches.

Related Idioms

• Thêu dệt: This idiom means to fabricate or concoct (a story), emphasizing the act of adding false, elaborate details.
  • Câu chuyện đó hoàn toàn do họ thêu dệt lên. (That story was completely fabricated by them.)

verb

1. to embroider