Definition

1. Intransitive Verb:
   • To collapse suddenly and completely: To fall down or give way abruptly, often with a sense of total failure or destruction.
   • To topple, to be overthrown: Used especially for structures, governments, or plans that fail suddenly and decisively.

Usage Examples

• Intransitive Verb:
  • Ngôi nhà cũ đổ nhào sau trận bão. (The old house collapsed after the storm.)
  • Kế hoạch của họ đổ nhào chỉ sau một tuần. (Their plan collapsed after just one week.)
  • Chính phủ đổ nhào sau cuộc biểu tình lớn. (The government was toppled after the massive protest.)

Advanced Usage

• "đổ nhào xuống": To collapse down (onto something).
  • Cây cột đổ nhào xuống mặt đường. (The pillar toppled down onto the road surface.)
• Used figuratively to describe the sudden and complete failure of abstract concepts like hopes, dreams, or markets.
  • Thị trường chứng khoán đổ nhào. (The stock market crashed.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đổ (v): To fall, to pour. A more general term for falling or collapsing.
• Sụp đổ (v): To collapse, to crumble. Often interchangeable with "đổ nhào" but can imply a more prolonged or gradual process leading to collapse.
• Nhào lộn (v): To somersault, to tumble. Shares the root "nhào" related to tumbling motion.

Synonyms

• Sụp đổ: To collapse, to crumble.
• Đổ sập: To cave in, to collapse (often for buildings).
• Sụp xuống: To fall down.

Related Idioms

• "Đổ nhào như chơi": To collapse very easily, as if it were nothing.
  • Công ty đó đổ nhào như chơi khi khủng hoảng xảy ra. (That company collapsed as if it were nothing when the crisis hit.)

1. Fall, topple, be over thrown
   • Chính phủ đổ nhào
     The government was toppled