tẩy uế
Definition
- Verb:
- To purify / to cleanse: The primary meaning of "tẩy uế" is to remove spiritual, ritual, or moral impurity, making something clean and pure again. It often implies a ceremonial or symbolic act.
- To disinfect / to sanitize: In a more physical and medical context, "tẩy uế" means to eliminate germs, pathogens, or contaminants from a place or object to prevent disease.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Sau tang lễ, gia đình thực hiện nghi lễ tẩy uế cho ngôi nhà. (After the funeral, the family performed a purification ritual for the house.)
- Các nhân viên y tế phải tẩy uế toàn bộ khu vực cách ly. (Medical staff must disinfect the entire quarantine area.)
Advanced Usage
"Lễ tẩy uế": A purification ceremony or rite.
- Lễ tẩy uế được tiến hành trước khi khánh thành ngôi đền mới. (The purification ceremony was conducted before the inauguration of the new temple.)
"Chất tẩy uế": A disinfectant; a purifying agent.
- Hãy sử dụng chất tẩy uế mạnh để lau sàn phòng bệnh. (Use a strong disinfectant to clean the hospital room floor.)
Variants and Related Words
Tẩy trần (v): To cleanse; to purify (often used in a spiritual or moral context).
- Anh ấy đi tu để tẩy trần tâm hồn. (He entered the monastery to purify his soul.)
Khử trùng (v): To sterilize; to disinfect (primarily a scientific/medical term).
- Dụng cụ phẫu thuật cần được khử trùng tuyệt đối. (Surgical instruments must be completely sterilized.)
Synonyms
- Purify: To make ritually or spiritually clean.
- Cleanse: To make free of something unclean or unwanted.
- Disinfect: To clean something with chemicals to destroy bacteria.
- Sanitize: To make something hygienically clean.
Related Idioms
- Tẩy uế tâm hồn: To cleanse/purify one's soul.
- Chuyến hành hương là dịp để ông ấy tẩy uế tâm hồn. (The pilgrimage was an opportunity for him to cleanse his soul.)