Definition

1. Verb:
   • To run into, to encounter (unexpectedly or directly): "đụng đầu" describes the action of meeting or facing something, often a problem, difficulty, or another person, in a direct, unplanned, or confrontational manner.
   • To clash, to come into conflict: It can also mean to have a direct disagreement or conflict with someone or something.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Không ngờ lại đụng đầu với nhiều khó khăn như thế. (He did not expect to run into so many difficulties.)
  • Hai đội bóng sẽ đụng đầu nhau ở trận chung kết. (The two football teams will clash in the final match.)
  • Tôi đụng đầu anh ấy ở ngã tư. (I ran into him at the intersection.)

Advanced Usage

• "đụng đầu với thực tế": to come face to face with reality, to confront reality.

  • Sau khi ra trường, anh ta phải đụng đầu với thực tế tìm việc khó khăn. (After graduation, he had to confront the harsh reality of job hunting.)

• "tránh đụng đầu": to avoid a confrontation, to steer clear of a direct clash.

  • Cô ấy cố gắng tránh đụng đầu với sếp về vấn đề này. (She tried to avoid a direct confrontation with the boss on this issue.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đụng (verb): to touch, to hit, to bump into. A more general term for physical contact or encountering.

  • Xe tôi bị đụng ở đuôi. (My car was hit in the back.)

• Va đầu (verb): to bump one's head (literally). This is more specific to physical impact involving the head.

  • Đứa bé va đầu vào cửa. (The child bumped his head on the door.)

Synonyms

• Gặp phải: to encounter, to come across (often used for problems).
• Chạm trán: to come face to face with, to encounter (can imply a more direct or tense meeting).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Đụng độ (verb): to clash, to have an armed confrontation or serious conflict.
  • Hai nhóm thanh niên đụng độ trên phố. (The two groups of youths clashed on the street.)

Related Idioms

• "Đụng đầu vào đá": to bang one's head against a brick wall; to try persistently but futilely.
  • Thuyết phục ông ấy thật như đụng đầu vào đá. (Persuading him is like banging your head against a brick wall.)

1. Run into
   • Không ngờ lại đụng đầu với nhiều khó khăn như thế
     He did not expect to run into so many diffculties