xới
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Definition
- Verb:
- To turn up (soil): To dig, lift, and loosen soil, typically using a tool like a hoe or shovel, in preparation for planting or to aerate it.
- To scoop (rice): To serve cooked rice from a pot into a bowl using a rice paddle or similar utensil.
- To stir up / to rake over: To bring a past issue, problem, or topic back to attention, often causing renewed discussion or controversy.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Người nông dân đang xới đất trước khi trồng trọt. (The farmer is turning up the soil before planting.)
- Mẹ tôi xới cơm nóng vào bát cho cả nhà. (My mother scoops hot rice into bowls for the whole family.)
- Bài báo đó đã xới lại một vụ bê bối cũ. (That article raked over an old scandal.)
Advanced Usage
- "cày xới": to plow and till; often used literally for farming or metaphorically for examining something thoroughly.
- Họ cày xới mảnh đất này rất kỹ. (They plowed this plot of land very thoroughly.)
- Cuộc điều tra cày xới mọi ngóc ngách của vụ án. (The investigation raked over every corner of the case.)
Variants and Related Words
- Xới lên (v): to bring up (an issue), to dig up.
- Đừng xới lên chuyện đó nữa. (Don't bring that matter up again.)
Synonyms
- To till: to prepare and cultivate land.
- To dish out: to serve food (specifically for scooping rice).
- To resurrect: to bring back into discussion.
Related Idioms
Xới của: (colloquial) to search through belongings, often messily.
- Ai đã xới của trong ngăn kéo của tôi? (Who rummaged through my drawer?)
Bán xới: (archaic/rare) to leave one's homeland or native village with no intention of returning.
- Câu chuyện kể về người đàn ông bán xới ra đi. (The story tells of a man who left his native land for good.)