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Một người nông dân vắt chanh vào ly nước.

Definition

Noun:
- Terrestrial leech: A small, blood-sucking worm-like creature often found in forests and damp areas.
Verb:
- To wring, to squeeze: To twist and press something, typically to extract liquid from it.
- To form into a handful: To squeeze and shape a soft substance, like rice or dough, into a compact mass in one's hand.
- To drape, to throw over: To place something over another object or one's shoulder so that it hangs down on both sides.
- To place (a limb) over another: To position one leg over the other or an arm over something.
- To cross, to span: To extend across something, like a bridge over a river.
Adjective (in reduplicated form or as an intensifier):
- Completely, utterly: Used as an intensifier, often in reduplicated form, to mean "very" or "extremely."
Interjection:
- Command to turn left (for cattle): A shout used when plowing to direct oxen or buffalo to turn to the left.

Usage Examples

Noun:
- Đi rừng phải cẩn thận con vắt. (When going into the forest, be careful of leeches.)
Verb (to wring):
- Cô ấy vắt khăn cho khô nước. (She wrings the towel to dry it.)
- Vắt một chút nước cốt chanh vào món ăn. (Squeeze a little lemon juice into the dish.)
Verb (to form a handful):
- Bà vắt cơm thành từng nắm nhỏ. (She formed the rice into small handfuls.)
Verb (to drape):
- Anh ấy vắt chiếc áo khoác lên vai. (He draped his jacket over his shoulder.)
Verb (to place a limb):
- Cô ấy ngồi vắt chân. (She sat with her legs crossed.)
Adjective (intensifier):
- Bầu trời trong vắt. (The sky is crystal clear.)
Interjection:
- Người nông dân hô "vắt!" để con trâu rẽ trái. (The farmer shouted "gee!" to make the buffalo turn left.)

Advanced Usage

"vắt óc suy nghĩ": to rack one's brains, to think very hard.
- Tôi đang vắt óc suy nghĩ để giải bài toán này. (I am racking my brains to solve this math problem.)
"vắt kiệt sức": to exhaust, to drain someone's strength.
- Công việc đã vắt kiệt sức của anh ấy. (The work exhausted his strength.)
"vắt chanh bỏ vỏ": (idiomatic) to use someone and then discard them; to squeeze the lemon and throw away the peel.
- Đừng có thói quen vắt chanh bỏ vỏ. (Don't have the habit of using people and then discarding them.)
"vắt cổ chày ra nước": (idiomatic) to be extremely stingy; to try to squeeze water from a pestle.
- Ông chủ đó nổi tiếng là keo kiệt, vắt cổ chày ra nước. (That boss is famous for being stingy, trying to squeeze water from a stone.)

Variants and Related Words

Vắt vẻo (adj): dangling, perched precariously.
- Chiếc lá vắt vẻo trên cành cây. (The leaf is dangling from the branch.)
Vắt vai (verb phrase): to drape over the shoulder.
- Cậu bé vắt vai chiếc ba lô. (The boy slung his backpack over his shoulder.)
Khâu vắt / mũi vắt (noun): an overcast stitch (in sewing).
- Bà dùng mũi vắt để viền mép vải. (She used an overcast stitch to hem the fabric edge.)

Synonyms

Related Phrases (Verb Combinations)

Vắt lên: to drape something up/over.
- Vắt màn lên. (To tuck the mosquito net up.)
Vắt qua: to cross over, to span across.
- Cây cầu vắt qua dòng sông. (The bridge spans across the river.)
Vắt sữa (verb phrase): to milk (an animal).
- Bác nông dân dậy sớm để vắt sữa bò. (The farmer gets up early to milk the cows.)

Related Idioms

Vắt chân lên cổ mà chạy: to run very fast, to take to one's heels (literally: to put one's legs on one's neck and run).
- Nghe tiếng động lạ, nó vắt chân lên cổ mà chạy. (Hearing a strange noise, he took to his heels and ran.)
Vắt mũi chưa sạch: (derogatory) very young and inexperienced (literally: one whose nose isn't clean yet).
- Thằng bé vắt mũi chưa sạch thì biết gì mà nói. (That kid is still wet behind the ears, what does he know?)
Nước đến chân mới nhảy, đến lúc ấy vắt chân lên cổ mà chạy cũng không kịp: Procrastinate until the last minute, and then even running at full speed won't be enough. (A proverb about the dangers of delay).

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