tế
Definition
Verb:
- To gallop: To run at full speed, specifically used for a horse.
- To sacrifice / To worship ceremonially: To perform a formal, solemn ritual of offering to gods, spirits, or ancestors, often involving prayers, music, and offerings.
Verb (colloquial):
- To berate / To scold severely: To shout at or criticize someone loudly and angrily in a sustained manner.
Usage Examples
- Verb (to gallop):
- Con ngựa tế như bay trên cánh đồng. (The horse galloped as if flying across the field.)
- Verb (to sacrifice):
- Làng tổ chức tế thần ở đình vào mùa xuân. (The village holds a ceremony to worship the deities at the communal house in spring.)
- Verb (to berate):
- Cô giáo tế học sinh một trận vì không làm bài tập. (The teacher berated the student for not doing the homework.)
Advanced Usage
- "văn tế": A funeral oration; a formal, literary eulogy recited during a sacrificial or memorial ceremony.
- Bài văn tế rất cảm động. (The funeral oration was very moving.)
- "lạy như tế sao": An idiom meaning to bow or kowtow repeatedly and rapidly.
- Anh ta lạy như tế sao để xin tha lỗi. (He kowtowed repeatedly to ask for forgiveness.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tế lễ (v): To perform rites and ceremonies; a more general term for ceremonial worship.
- Tế lễ tổ tiên là phong tục quan trọng. (Worshipping ancestors is an important tradition.)
- Tế bào (n): Cell (in biology).
- Tế bào là đơn vị cơ bản của sự sống. (The cell is the basic unit of life.)
Synonyms
- Gallop: run, sprint (for a horse).
- Sacrifice: worship, offer, venerate.
- Berate: scold, reprimand, rebuke, chew out (informal).
Related Idioms
- Tế sống, tế chết: To scold or criticize someone relentlessly and harshly.
- Sếp tế sống tế chết nhân viên vì sai sót đó. (The boss gave the employee a severe dressing-down for that mistake.)
verb
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to run (ride at full gallop) to sacrifice, to worship
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