Definition

1. Verb:
   • To hit; to strike: To deliver a blow or impact, often with force.
   • To slate; to criticize harshly: To attack or denounce severely, especially in speech or writing.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Hai đứa trẻ đả nhau vì tranh giành đồ chơi. (The two children hit each other over a toy.)
  • Tờ báo đó đả chính sách mới của chính phủ. (That newspaper harshly criticized the government's new policy.)

Advanced Usage

• "đả kích": to attack, to assail (often used figuratively for verbal or written criticism).
  • Bài xã luận đả kích mạnh mẽ vào nạn tham nhũng. (The editorial strongly attacked the corruption problem.)
• "đả phá": to smash, to destroy (can be physical or ideological).
  • Lực lượng công an đã đả phá một đường dây buôn lậu. (The police force smashed a smuggling ring.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đánh đả (verb): to beat, to thrash (a more literary or formal variant for physical striking).
• Công kích (verb): to assault, to attack (a close synonym, especially for verbal criticism).

Synonyms

• Đánh: to hit, to beat (general term for striking).
• Chỉ trích: to criticize (general term for criticism).
• Mắng nhiếc: to scold, to berate (for verbal attack).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Đả thương: to wound, to injure (by hitting).
  • Kẻ tấn công đã đả thương nạn nhân. (The attacker wounded the victim.)
• Đả đảo: Down with...! (a slogan used to express strong opposition).
  • Đám đông hô vang khẩu hiệu "Đả đảo tham nhũng!". (The crowd chanted the slogan "Down with corruption!")

Related Idioms

• "Tất tả như bà đả ông": (To be) in a frantic hurry, in a great rush (literally: hurried as if a woman is hitting a man). This idiom uses the word in its physical sense to depict chaotic urgency.
  • Sáng nay anh ấy đến văn phòng tất tả như bà đả ông. (This morning he came to the office in a frantic hurry.)

verb

1. to hit; to strike; to slate