đánh đập
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Definition
- Verb:
- To beat, to hit: To strike someone repeatedly and violently, typically with the hands or an object, causing physical pain or injury.
- To abuse physically: To treat someone with cruel violence, often involving repeated blows.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Bố mẹ không nên đánh đập con cái. (Parents should not beat their children.)
- Những tên cướp đã đánh đập nạn nhân để cướp tiền. (The robbers beat the victim to steal money.)
- Hành vi đánh đập động vật là tàn ác. (The act of beating animals is cruel.)
Advanced Usage
- This verb often implies sustained, repeated, and brutal violence, not a single strike. It carries a strong connotation of injustice and cruelty.
Variants and Related Words
- Đánh (v): A broader verb meaning to hit, strike, or beat. intensifies this meaning to imply a prolonged assault.
- Hành hạ (v): To torture, to torment; can be physical or psychological, sometimes used in a similar context but is broader.
- Bạo hành (v/n): To abuse / abuse; a more formal term often used in legal or social contexts (e.g., - domestic abuse).
Synonyms
- Beat: To strike repeatedly.
- Thrash: To beat severely.
- Batter: To hit repeatedly and violently.
- Assault: To make a physical attack.
Related Idioms
- While itself is not commonly part of idioms, it describes the action in phrases like:
- Bị đánh đập dã man: To be brutally beaten.
- Đánh đập tàn nhẫn: To beat ruthlessly.
- Beat, hit
- Đánh đập tàn nhẫnTo beat ruthlessly