húc

Thân thiện

Hai con trâu đang húc nhau trên cánh đồng.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To butt: To strike or push something with the head or horns, typically done by animals like goats, bulls, or buffaloes.
   • To collide / to ram: To hit or crash into something with force, often used for vehicles, ships, or heavy objects in motion.
   • To run into / to bump into: To encounter an obstacle or a difficult problem unexpectedly (colloquial).

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Con trâu húc vào cây. (The buffalo butted the tree.)
  • Hai chiếc ô tô húc nhau trên đường. (The two cars collided on the road.)
  • Anh ấy đang húc phải một vấn đề phức tạp. (He is running into a complicated problem.)

Advanced Usage

• "húc đầu": to butt with the head; can also mean to stubbornly confront or persist.
  • Nó húc đầu vào tường. (He butted his head against the wall.)

Variants and Related Words

• Húc đổ (v): to ram and knock over.
  • Xe tải húc đổ bức tường. (The truck rammed and knocked over the wall.)

Synonyms

• Butt: To strike with the head or horns.
• Ram: To crash into with force.
• Collide: To come into violent contact.

Related Idioms

• Húc nhau như trâu: To fight or clash fiercely like buffaloes.
  • Hai đội tranh luận húc nhau như trâu. (The two teams debated, clashing fiercely like buffaloes.)

Học thuật

verb

1. to butt; to collide; to run into
   • hai con dê húc nhau
     The two goats come full butt at each other