Definition

1. Verb:
   • To poison (pests, animals): The act of killing or attempting to kill pests, harmful animals, or sometimes unwanted animals by using poisoned bait.
   • To bait with poison: The specific method of placing food or other attractive substances mixed with poison to lure and kill the target.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Người nông dân đang đánh bả ốc bươu vàng để bảo vệ lúa. (The farmer is poisoning golden apple snails to protect the rice crop.)
  • Cẩn thận, khu vực này vừa được đánh bả chuột. (Be careful, this area has just been baited with rat poison.)
  • Đánh bả là một biện pháp kiểm soát dịch hại phổ biến. (Poisoning is a common pest control measure.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "đánh bả" is almost exclusively used in the context of pest/vermin control or the killing of unwanted animals. It carries a neutral to slightly negative connotation regarding the method, focusing on the purpose of elimination.
• It implies a deliberate, targeted action. The object of the verb is typically the type of pest (e.g., chuột, gián, kiến).

Variants and Related Words

• Bả (noun): The poisoned bait itself.
  • Mèo ăn phải bả và chết. (The cat ate the poison bait and died.)
• Thuốc diệt chuột / Thuốc diệt côn trùng (noun): Rat poison / Insecticide (refers to the poison substance, not the action).
• Đầu độc (verb): To poison (a person, a water source); has a much broader and often criminal connotation, not specific to using bait.

Synonyms

• Đánh thuốc độc: To use poison (against something). This is a more general synonym but less specific to the baiting method.
• Diệt bằng thuốc độc: To exterminate using poison.

Related Phrases / Collocations

• Đánh bả chuột: To poison rats / To put down rat poison.
• Đánh bả gián / kiến: To poison cockroaches / ants.
• Đánh bả chó / mèo hoang: To poison stray dogs / cats (a controversial and often illegal usage).

1. Poison (pests...)
   • Đánh bả chuột
     To poison rats