đua

Thân thiện

Hai vận động viên đua xe đạp trên đường đua.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To compete, to vie, to race: To strive to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others. This is the core meaning, often involving a contest of speed, skill, or achievement.
   • To emulate, to try to outdo each other: To strive to equal or excel another, often in a social context where individuals or groups imitate and try to surpass one another's actions.
   • To show off, to display, to vie in displaying: (Often used with natural phenomena or abstract qualities) To present something in a showy or competitive manner to attract attention or admiration.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Hai đội đang đua giành chức vô địch. (The two teams are competing for the championship.)
  • Các học sinh đua nhau học tập. (The students emulate each other in studying.)
  • Muôn hoa đua sắc. (Ten thousand flowers vie in displaying their colors.)

Advanced Usage

• "Đua xe": to race vehicles (e.g., cars, motorbikes, bicycles). This refers specifically to motor or speed competitions.
  • Đua xe trái phép rất nguy hiểm. (Illegal street racing is very dangerous.)
• "Đua tranh": to contend, to struggle in competition (often for power, position, or influence).
  • Sự đua tranh thị trường khốc liệt. (The fierce market competition.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cuộc đua (n): a race, a competition.
  • Cuộc đua marathon bắt đầu lúc 6 giờ sáng. (The marathon race starts at 6 a.m.)
• Đua thuyền (v/n): to race boats; boat racing.
  • Lễ hội có phần đua thuyền rất hấp dẫn. (The festival has a very exciting boat racing segment.)
• Tay đua (n): a racer, a competitor (in a race).
  • Tay đua đó đã giành chiến thắng. (That racer won the victory.)

Synonyms

• Compete: To strive against others to achieve a goal.
• Vie: To compete eagerly.
• Race: To engage in a speed contest.
• Emulate: To try to equal or surpass, typically through imitation.

Related Idioms

• Đua đòi: To vie in following a trend, often with a negative connotation of trying to keep up with others in superficial or extravagant ways.
  • Anh ta chỉ biết đua đòi theo bạn bè. (He only knows how to vie in following his friends' trends.)
• Chạy đua: To race, to be in a race (often used figuratively for any intense competition against time or others).
  • Các công ty đang chạy đua để phát triển công nghệ mới. (Companies are racing to develop new technology.)

Học thuật

verb

1. To compete, to emulate, to vie
   • đua tài
     to compete in skill, to measure one's skill (with somebody)
   • đua sức
     to compete in strength, to measure one's strength (with somebody)
   • đua nhau học hành
     to emulate one another in studying
2. To show, to display, to show off
   • muôn hoa đua sắc
     ten thousand flowers displayed their colours
3. Đua ghe ngo là trò chơi tiêu biểu phù hợp vùng đất lắm sông nhiều nước của đồng bào Khmer Nam bộ. Ghe ngo được làm bằng thân một cây gỗ to, đục rỗng làm chỗ ngồi cho các tay ddua. Có loại ghe ngo chứa được 50 người đua, dài tới 40 mét. Đầu ghe có hình rồng rắn, hai bên là hình trang trí nhiều màu sắc. Đua thuyền là một sinh hoạt truyền thống của cư dân Việt cổ từ thời các vua Hùng mà hình ảnh còn lưu lại trên các hình trang trí ở trống đồng. Đua thuyền có từ Bắc chí Nam trong các lễ hội dân gian.+Junk-race is a game suitable for the areas criss-crossed with rivers where the Khmer community of South-Vietnam lives. Each Ghe Ngo (Ngo junk) is made of an empty and big tree trunk in which the rowers take their seats. In some cases, such a junk can be 40 meters long and contain up to 0 rowers. Ngo junks are always decorated with multicoloured and impressive designs in front and on both sides. Boat-race belongs to traditional activities dated from the Kings Hung's dynasty, of which the stamp is still retained on the surface of the bronze drums. Boat-races are seen in most of popular festivals throughout Vietnam