phỉ

Thân thiện

Một người đàn ông phỉ nước bọt xuống đất.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • Bandit / Brigand: A robber or outlaw, often part of a gang operating in remote or mountainous areas.

2. Verb:

   • To spit / To expectorate: To forcibly eject saliva or other matter from the mouth.
   • To despise / To show contempt (figurative): To express utter scorn or disrespect for someone, often implied by the act of spitting.

3. Adjective:

   • Satisfied / Gratified: A state of being fully content, pleased, or having one's desires completely fulfilled.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Quân đội truy lùng bọn phỉ. (The army hunted down the bandits.)
• Verb:
  • Nó phỉ nước bọt xuống đất. (He spat on the ground.)
  • Hành động đó khiến người ta muốn phỉ vào mặt. (That action makes people want to spit in [his] face.)
• Adjective:
  • Tôi ăn chưa phỉ. (I haven't eaten to my satisfaction.)
  • Đi chơi một ngày thật phỉ. (To go out for a whole day is truly satisfying.)

Advanced Usage

• The adjective form is often used in the structure "cho phỉ" (to satisfaction) or "phỉ lòng" / "phỉ dạ" (to satisfy one's heart/mind).
  • Làm việc này cho phỉ. (Do this to your heart's content.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phỉ báng (v): To slander, to defame.
  • Hắn phỉ báng danh dự của tôi. (He slandered my honor.)
• Phỉ nhổ (v): To spit (emphasizing the contemptuous action).
• Thỏa phỉ (adj): Fully satisfied, satiated (a more literary synonym).

Synonyms

• Noun: Bandit, outlaw, robber.
• Verb: Spit, expectorate; scorn, despise.
• Adjective: Satisfied, content, gratified, sated.

Related Idioms

• Phỉ vào mặt: To spit in someone's face (a strong idiom for expressing extreme contempt and insult).
  • Lời nói của anh ta như phỉ vào mặt tôi. (His words were like spitting in my face.)
• Phỉ chí: To have one's will satisfied, to achieve one's aim (more literary).
  • Cuối cùng cũng được như ý, thật là phỉ chí. (To finally get what one wants is truly gratifying.)

Học thuật

1. Bandit
   • Lùng bắt phỉ
     To hunt down bandits
2. Spit. spit at
   • Phỉ nước bọt
     To spit out saliva
   • Phỉ vào mặt
     To spit at (upon) (somebody)
3. Do something to one's heart's content
   • Đi chơi chưa phỉ
     To have gone out for a walk but not yet to one's heart's content
   • Ăn cho phỉ
     To eat to one's heart's content