đâm bổ
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Definition
- Verb:
- To dive or plunge headlong, to nosedive: Describes a rapid, steep, and often uncontrolled downward movement, typically from a height.
- To rush out, to dash out impulsively: Describes a sudden, hurried, and often frantic movement outward or in a specific direction.
Usage Examples
Verb (to dive/nosedive):
- Từ trên cành cây đâm bổ xuống sông. (To make a high dive into the river from a branch of a tree.)
- Máy bay trúng đạn, đâm bổ xuống ruộng. (The jet, hit by a bullet, nosedived and crashed into a field.)
Verb (to rush out):
- Họ đâm bổ đi tứ phía tìm đứa bé lạc. (They rushed out in every direction in search of the lost child.)
Advanced Usage
"đâm bổ tới": to rush/dash towards (something).
- Nghe tiếng kêu cứu, anh ấy đâm bổ tới. (Upon hearing the cry for help, he rushed towards it.)
"đâm bổ vào": to dive/rush into (a place or activity).
- Cậu bé đâm bổ vào phòng mà không gõ cửa. (The boy rushed into the room without knocking.)
Variants and Related Words
Lao (v): to plunge, to dash. Often used similarly but can imply a more forceful or determined motion.
- Nó lao xuống nước. (He plunged into the water.)
Xông (v): to charge, to rush (often into a fight or challenge).
- Anh ấy xông vào đám cháy. (He charged into the fire.)
Synonyms
- Lao đầu xuống: to plunge headfirst down.
- Phóng vội đi: to dart off hastily.
- Ủn (colloquial, Southern Vietnamese): to nosedive, to plunge (for objects).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
Đâm bổ ra: to rush out (from inside).
- Khói đen bốc lên, mọi người đâm bổ ra khỏi nhà. (Black smoke billowed, and everyone rushed out of the house.)
Đâm bổ xuống: to dive/nosedive down.
- Chim ưng đâm bổ xuống để bắt mồi. (The falcon dove down to catch its prey.)
Related Idioms
- Như đâm bổ xuống ao: (to act) like diving into a pond. Used to describe a sudden, reckless, or impulsive action without thinking.
- Anh ta quyết định như đâm bổ xuống ao, chẳng suy nghĩ gì cả. (He made the decision like diving into a pond, without any thought.)
- Make a high dive, nosedive
- Từ trên cành cây đâm bổ xuống sôngTo maake a high dive into the river from a branch of a tree
- Máy bay trúng đạn, đâm bổ xuống ruộngThe jet hit by a bullet nosedived and crashed into a field
- Rush out
- Họ đâm bổ đi tứ phía tìm đứa bé lạcThey rushed out in every direction in search of the lost child