tỉa
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Definition
Verb:
- To trim or prune: To remove excess or unwanted parts from plants, hair, or eyebrows to make them neater, thinner, or healthier.
- To thin out: To remove some plants from a group to allow the remaining ones more space to grow.
- To pick off one by one: To eliminate targets individually and with precision, often used in a military context.
Verb (agricultural):
- To sow seeds spaced apart: To plant seeds individually at intervals, rather than in a dense broadcast.
Usage Examples
- Verb (to trim):
- Cô ấy đang tỉa cành cây. (She is pruning the tree branches.)
- Thợ làm tóc tỉa bớt tóc cho tôi. (The hairdresser trimmed my hair.)
- Verb (to thin out):
- Người nông dân tỉa bớt cà rốt trong vườn. (The farmer thinned out the carrots in the garden.)
- Verb (to pick off):
- Xạ thủ bắn tỉa từng tên địch. (The sniper picked off each enemy one by one.)
- Verb (to sow):
- Họ tỉa đậu trên luống. (They sowed beans spaced apart on the seedbed.)
Advanced Usage
- "bắn tỉa": to snipe; to shoot with precision at individual targets.
- Chiến thuật bắn tỉa làm chậm bước tiến của quân địch. (The sniping tactic slowed the enemy's advance.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tỉa tót (v): to trim or prune meticulously, often for aesthetic purposes.
- Anh ấy tỉa tót cây cảnh rất cẩn thận. (He meticulously prunes the ornamental plant.)
- Tỉa thưa (v): to thin out by removing parts to create more space.
- Cần tỉa thưa cây trong vườn ươm. (It is necessary to thin out the plants in the nursery.)
Synonyms
- Trim: To make neat by cutting away irregular or excess parts.
- Prune: To trim a tree or shrub by cutting away dead or overgrown branches.
- Thin: To make less dense or crowded.
- Sow: To plant seeds.
Related Idioms
- Tỉa ngọn tỉa ngành: To trim both the tops and the branches; to refine or edit something thoroughly, paying attention to both major and minor details.
- Công việc biên tập giống như tỉa ngọn tỉa ngành. (The editing work is like trimming both tops and branches.)