vấy
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Definition
- Verb:
- To smear; to stain; to soil: To cause a substance (often liquid, semi-liquid, or dirty) to adhere to a surface, making it dirty or marked. It implies a small, often accidental, transfer that results in a spot or stain.
- To implicate unfairly; to falsely blame: To attribute guilt, fault, or responsibility to someone else in a careless or unjust manner.
Usage Examples
Verb (to stain):
- Cẩn thận kẻo vấy mỡ vào áo. (Be careful not to smear grease on your shirt.)
- Tay nó vấy đầy mực. (His hands are stained with ink.)
- Sàn nhà bị vấy bùn. (The floor is smeared with mud.)
Verb (to implicate):
- Đừng có vấy tội cho người khác. (Don't falsely blame others for the crime.)
- Họ tìm cách vấy bẩn thanh danh của đối thủ. (They tried to sully their opponent's reputation.)
Advanced Usage
- "đổ vấy": To shift blame; to impute guilt to someone else (often used as a compound).
- Hắn ta thường đổ vấy lỗi lầm cho cấp dưới. (He often shifts the blame for mistakes onto his subordinates.)
Variants and Related Words
Vấy bẩn (v): To dirty; to soil; to stain.
- Bức tường trắng bị vấy bẩn. (The white wall was dirtied.)
Vấy máu (v): To be stained with blood.
- Chiếc khăn vấy máu. (The towel is stained with blood.)
Synonyms
- Smear: To spread a substance thinly or carelessly.
- Stain: To discolor or spot.
- Soil: To make dirty.
- Implicate: To show someone is involved in a crime.
- Falsely accuse: To blame someone wrongly.
Related Idioms
- Vấy bùn: Literally "to smear with mud"; figuratively to tarnish someone's reputation.
- Những lời đồn thổi vấy bùn vào hình ảnh của ông ấy. (The rumors tarnished his image.)