đổ nhào
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Definition
- 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.)
- Fall, topple, be over thrown
- Chính phủ đổ nhàoThe government was toppled