Definition

1. Verb:
   • To guess wildly/randomly; to make a random guess: To try to give an answer or form an opinion without having sufficient information, knowledge, or evidence, relying largely on chance or intuition.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy không biết câu trả lời nên chỉ đoán mò. (He didn't know the answer, so he just guessed wildly.)
  • Đừng đoán mò, hãy tìm hiểu sự thật trước. (Don't make random guesses; find out the facts first.)
  • Cô ấy đoán mò số điện thoại của tôi và đã gọi nhầm. (She randomly guessed my phone number and called the wrong person.)

Advanced Usage

• "Đoán mò đoán mẫm": An idiomatic reduplication emphasizing the act of making completely uninformed, haphazard guesses.
  • Bài toán này phức tạp, đoán mò đoán mẫm không giải được đâu. (This math problem is complex; you can't solve it by making wild guesses.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phỏng đoán (v): To conjecture, to surmise. (Implies more reasoning than 'đoán mò', though still not certain).
• Ước đoán (v): To estimate, to make an educated guess.
• Đoán (v): To guess. (The neutral, base verb).

Synonyms

• Guess blindly
• Take a shot in the dark (idiomatic)

Related Idioms

• "Mò kim đáy bể": Literally "to grope for a needle at the bottom of the sea". While not a direct synonym, it shares the sense of searching or trying to find something with very little chance or guidance, similar to the futile effort in 'đoán mò'.

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