đãi
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Definition
- Verb:
- To wash by panning or sifting: To separate heavier particles from lighter ones by washing in water, typically to extract valuable materials like gold or to clean grains.
- To treat, to entertain: To show hospitality by providing food, drink, or special treatment to someone.
- To give as a gift: To present someone with something, often as a token of goodwill or appreciation.
Usage Examples
- Verb (to wash/pan):
- Người thợ mỏ đãi cát để tìm vàng. (The miner pans sand to find gold.)
- Trước khi nấu, cần đãi gạo cho sạch. (Before cooking, you need to wash the rice clean.)
- Verb (to treat/entertain):
- Gia đình tôi đãi khách bằng những món ăn ngon. (My family treats guests with delicious food.)
- Công ty sẽ đãi nhân viên một bữa tiệc cuối năm. (The company will treat the employees to an end-of-year party.)
- Verb (to give):
- Anh ấy đãi tôi một ly cà phê. (He gave me a cup of coffee.)
Advanced Usage
- "Đãi ngộ": treatment (often in the context of how employees or people are treated).
- Chế độ đãi ngộ của công ty này rất tốt. (The treatment/benefits policy of this company is very good.)
- "Đãi bôi": to entertain with food and drink in a superficial or insincere way.
- Lời hứa của họ chỉ là đãi bôi. (Their promise is just empty talk/entertainment.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đãi đằng (verb): to treat, to receive (a guest). A more formal or old-fashioned term for hospitality.
- Cách đãi đằng khách khứa của ông ấy rất chu đáo. (His way of receiving guests is very thoughtful.)
- Sàng đãi (verb): to sift and pan; often used together to describe the process of careful selection or purification.
- Quá trình sàng đãi nhân sự rất kỹ lưỡng. (The personnel screening and selection process is very thorough.)
Synonyms
- Rửa (verb): to wash (more general, not specific to panning).
- Tiếp đãi (verb): to receive and treat (a guest).
- Tặng (verb): to give, to present (a gift).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Đãi cát tìm vàng (idiomatic phrase): Literally "to pan sand to find gold"; means to sift through a lot of ordinary things to find something precious or valuable.
- Công việc nghiên cứu đôi khi giống như đãi cát tìm vàng. (Research work is sometimes like panning sand for gold.)
Related Idioms
- "Người dưng có ngãi thì đãi người dưng" (proverb): Literally "If a stranger has righteousness, treat the stranger"; means one should treat others well based on their virtue, not just their relationship to you.
- "Đãi cỏ tìm cá" (idiom): Literally "to part the grass to look for fish"; means to engage in a futile or hopeless search.