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Định nghĩa
Động từ:
- To stir-fry: To cook food quickly in a small amount of hot oil or fat over high heat while stirring constantly. This is the primary culinary meaning.
- To sauté: A specific technique of frying quickly in a little hot fat, similar to stir-frying but may involve slightly less vigorous tossing.
Động từ (nghĩa mở rộng):
- To spend immediately / to use up right away: In colloquial usage, it means to consume or spend something (especially money) as soon as it is obtained, without saving.
Ví dụ sử dụng
- Động từ (nấu ăn):
- Mẹ tôi đang xào rau cải. (My mother is stir-frying mustard greens.)
- Món thịt bò xào cần tây rất ngon. (The stir-fried beef with celery is delicious.)
- Động từ (tiêu xài):
- Anh ta được tiền là xào hết ngay. (He spends all the money as soon as he gets it.)
Cách dùng nâng cao
- "Xào nấu": to cook (often stir-frying), to prepare food by frying.
- Cô ấy rất khéo léo trong việc xào nấu. (She is very skillful at stir-frying and cooking.)
- "Xào xáo": to stir up, to cause trouble or commotion (figurative).
- Đừng xào xáo chuyện cũ nữa. (Don't stir up old issues anymore.)
Biến thể và Từ liên quan
- Xào qua (động từ): to flash-fry, to stir-fry very briefly.
- Xào qua hành tây cho thơm rồi cho thịt vào. (Flash-fry the onions until fragrant, then add the meat.)
- Đồ xào (danh từ): stir-fried dishes.
- Bữa trưa hôm nay có một món đồ xào. (Today's lunch includes a stir-fried dish.)
Từ đồng nghĩa
- To fry: A general term for cooking in hot fat or oil.
- To toss: Used in contexts like "to toss in a wok."
- To squander: For the extended meaning of spending immediately (similar to "xào" in the financial sense).
Thành ngữ liên quan
- Được đồng nào xào đồng ấy: To spend every penny as soon as it is earned; to live hand to mouth.
- Hắn ta có thói quen được đồng nào xào đồng ấy. (He has the habit of spending every penny as soon as he earns it.)