bứt

verb  

• To tear, to snatch, to pluck
  • bứt tóc
    to tear one's hair
  • bứt tóc ai
    to snatch someone's hair
  • bứt lá
    to pluck a leaf
  • bứt ra khỏi hàng ngũ
    to tear oneself away from the ranks, to bread rank
  • tính anh ta hễ vào việc là đừng hòng bứt ra được
    it is his character that when having begun his work he is not to be torn away from it

• To cut
  • bứt cỏ quên liềm
    to leave one's sickle after cutting grass