tẩy
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Definition
Verb:
- To erase / to rub out: To remove marks, writing, or stains from a surface, especially using an eraser or chemical agent.
- To cleanse / to purge: To remove impurities, toxins, or unwanted elements from an object or the body.
- To boycott / to ostracize: (Informal) To deliberately exclude or avoid someone from a social or professional group.
Noun:
- Eraser / rubber: A small object, typically made of rubber, used for removing pencil marks from paper.
Usage Examples
Verb:
- Cô ấy dùng cục tẩy để tẩy chữ viết sai. (She used an eraser to erase the wrong word.)
- Uống thuốc để tẩy giun. (Take medicine to purge intestinal worms.)
- Cả lớp quyết định tẩy nó vì hành vi xấu. (The whole class decided to boycott him for his bad behavior.)
Noun:
- Cho tôi mượn cục tẩy của bạn. (Please lend me your eraser.)
Advanced Usage
"tẩy trắng": to bleach (literally, to wash white).
- Tẩy trắng răng tại nha sĩ. (To get teeth whitened at the dentist.)
"tẩy rửa": to wash and cleanse thoroughly, often with a moral or spiritual connotation.
- Tẩy rửa tội lỗi. (To cleanse sins.)
Variants and Related Words
Thuốc tẩy (n): bleach; laxative (depending on context).
- Dùng thuốc tẩy để làm sạch quần áo. (Use bleach to clean clothes.)
Cục tẩy (n): eraser, rubber.
- Cục tẩy bút chì. (A pencil eraser.)
Synonyms
- Erase: to remove writing or marks.
- Clean: to make something free from dirt or impurities.
- Ostracize: to exclude from a society or group.
Related Idioms
Biết rõ tẩy: (Literally: to know the eraser) To know the inside story or the hidden truth of a matter.
- Anh ta biết rõ tẩy của vụ việc. (He knows the inside story of the matter.)
Tẩy thẳng cánh: (Informal) To ostracize or boycott someone completely and decisively.
- Họ tẩy thẳng cánh kẻ phản bội. (They completely ostracized the traitor.)
verb
- to wipe out, to wipe off, to rub out (off)
noun
- India-rubber
verb
- to boycott to purge