vẽ
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Definition
- Verb:
- To draw, to paint: To create or evoke an image of something on a flat surface using lines, strokes, or colors. This is the primary and most common meaning.
- To indicate, to show (the way): To point out or explain a method, path, or way of doing something. This is a figurative usage.
- To complicate, to add unnecessary things: To invent or add superfluous details, making something more complicated than necessary. This is a colloquial, often negative, usage.
Usage Examples
To draw, to paint:
- Em bé thích vẽ những bức tranh nhiều màu sắc. (The child likes to draw colorful pictures.)
- Hoạ sĩ đang vẽ phong cảnh bằng sơn dầu. (The artist is painting a landscape with oil paints.)
- Anh ấy vẽ một vòng tròn lên giấy. (He drew a circle on the paper.)
To indicate, to show:
- Ông ấy vẽ đường cho tôi đi đến bưu điện. (He showed me the way to the post office.)
- Cô giáo vẽ cho học sinh cách giải bài toán. (The teacher showed the students how to solve the math problem.)
To complicate, to add unnecessarily:
- Công việc đơn giản vậy, đừng có vẽ ra cho phức tạp. (The task is simple, don't complicate it.)
- Chỉ cần nói thẳng, đừng vẽ vời thêm. (Just say it directly, don't add unnecessary details.)
Advanced Usage
- "vẽ ra": To conjure up, to imagine, or to invent (often something complex or unnecessary from a simple basis).
- Anh ta có tài vẽ ra những câu chuyện hấp dẫn. (He has a talent for conjuring up fascinating stories.)
- Đừng vẽ ra chuyện. (Don't make up stories / Don't invent problems.)
Variants and Related Words
- Hình vẽ (n): A drawing, a sketch, an illustration.
- Cuốn sách có nhiều hình vẽ minh hoạ đẹp. (The book has many beautiful illustration drawings.)
- Nét vẽ (n): A brushstroke, a line in a drawing.
- Nét vẽ của hoạ sĩ rất tinh tế. (The artist's brushstrokes are very delicate.)
- Tranh vẽ (n): A painting, a drawn picture.
- Vẽ vời (v): To embellish unnecessarily, to add frivolous or ornate details (often with a negative connotation).
- Bài văn hay nhưng đừng vẽ vời quá. (The essay is good, but don't over-embellish it.)
Synonyms
- Phác hoạ: To sketch, to outline.
- Tô màu: To color.
- Chỉ dẫn: To instruct, to guide (for the meaning "to show the way").
- Làm phức tạp: To complicate (for the negative meaning).
Related Idioms
- Vẽ rắn thêm chân: Literally "to draw legs on a snake." It means to add superfluous or unnecessary details to something that is already complete, often ruining it. (Similar to "to gild the lily").
- Bản báo cáo đã đầy đủ, đừng vẽ rắn thêm chân. (The report is already complete, don't add unnecessary details.)
- Vẽ đường cho hươu chạy: Literally "to draw a path for the deer to run." It means to facilitate wrongdoing, to create an opportunity for bad behavior.
- Cho con quá nhiều tiền là vẽ đường cho hươu chạy. (Giving your child too much money is creating a path for trouble.)
- Vẽ mày vẽ mặt: To embellish, to prettify, to make something/someone appear better than they are.
- Bài báo chỉ vẽ mày vẽ mặt cho công ty đó. (The article just prettifies that company's image.)
verb
- draw, to paint to contrive