bới

verb

• To dig up, to scratch up
  • bới khoai: to dig up potato, to lift potatoes
  • bới lạc: to dig up groundnuts, to lift groundnuts
  • gà bới rác tìm mồi: chickens scratch garbage for food, chickens scratch about in the heap of garbage
  • bới hầm sập cứu người bị nạn: to dig up casualties from a crumbled shelter

• To pick holes in (someone's coat)
  • bới xấu nhau: to pick holes in one another's coat

• To abuse, to call (someone's) bad name
  • bới bèo ra bọ: to make trouble (by picking holes in someone's coat)