Definition

1. Verb:
   • To leave, to go away, to depart: Refers to the action of leaving a place or situation, often suddenly or without ceremony.
   • To discard, to throw away, to abandon: Refers to the action of getting rid of something or someone, considering them useless or unwanted.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy tức giận và bỏ đi. (He got angry and left.)
  • Đồ cũ hỏng rồi thì nên bỏ đi. (Broken old things should be thrown away.)
  • Sau cuộc cãi vã, cô ấy bỏ đi lúc nào không ai hay. (After the argument, she left without anyone noticing.)

Advanced Usage

• "bỏ đi... mà...": An expression used to emphasize that an action is not worth doing or is a waste, often translated as "why bother...".
  • Bỏ đi mà làm việc khác. (Forget it/Don't bother and go do something else.)
• Used to express dismissal or that something is not worth consideration.
  • Chuyện nhỏ thế, bỏ đi! (Such a small matter, forget about it!)

Variants and Related Words

• Bỏ (verb): To leave, to abandon, to quit. A more general term.
  • bỏ cuộc (to give up)
  • bỏ rơi (to abandon)
• Đi (verb): To go. Often combines with other verbs to indicate direction away.

Synonyms

• Rời đi (verb): To leave, to depart (more neutral).
• Rời bỏ (verb): To leave, to abandon (more formal/literary).
• Vứt đi (verb): To throw away, to discard (for objects).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Bỏ đi đâu: To go away somewhere (emphasizing the unknown destination).
  • Nó bỏ đi đâu mất tiêu rồi. (He went off somewhere and disappeared.)
• Bỏ đi cho rồi: An emphatic phrase meaning "just leave it/drop it" to end a matter.
  • Thôi, bỏ đi cho rồi, đừng tranh cãi nữa. (Alright, just drop it, let's not argue anymore.)

Related Idioms

• Bỏ của chạy lấy người: To abandon possessions to save one's life. (Equivalent: "To run for your life.")
• Bỏ thuyền theo bè: To abandon a good situation for a worse one; to make a poor trade. (Equivalent: "To jump from the frying pan into the fire.")

1. leave, go off
   • Nó bỏ đi, không nói lời nào
     He left without a word