bí

Từ điển Việt Anh (Vietnamese English Dictionary)

noun
Pumpkin
rau bí pumpkin buds
adj
Close, stuffy
căn phòng rất bí hơi the room is very stuffy
vải này bí this cloth is too closely-woven
In a fix, in a stalemate, hard-pressed
bí tiền hard-pressed for money
làm thơ đang bí vần to be hard-pressed for rhymes while writing verses
nước cờ bí rì to be in an awful stalemate

	[bí]
		pumpkin; squash
		close; stuffy
			Vải này bí
			This cloth is too closely woven
		in a fix; in a stalemate/checkmate; hard-pressed
			Làm thơ đang bí vần
			To be hard-pressed for rhymes while writing verses
			Nước cờ bí rì
			To be in an awful stalemate
			Gỡ thế bí
			To extricate oneself from a fix
			Bí quá hoá liều
			Necessity knows no law; needs must when the devil drives
		to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end
			Bị hỏi dồn đâm bí
			To be at a loss because of a barrage of questions