Definition

1. 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.)

1. Make a high dive, nosedive
   • Từ trên cành cây đâm bổ xuống sông
     To maake 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
2. Rush out
   • Họ đâm bổ đi tứ phía tìm đứa bé lạc
     They rushed out in every direction in search of the lost child