Definition

1. Verb (archaic, literary):
   • To revise and update: The primary meaning of "bổ xuyết" is to correct, amend, and add new information to an existing text or document in order to improve and modernize it.
   • To correct and supplement: It carries the dual sense of fixing errors and providing additional, complementary content.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nhà sử học dành nhiều năm để bổ xuyết bộ sử cũ. (The historian spent many years revising and updating the old historical annals.)
  • Ông ấy được mời bổ xuyết bài nghiên cứu cho chính xác hơn. (He was invited to correct and supplement the research paper for greater accuracy.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is almost exclusively found in formal, historical, or academic contexts, particularly in reference to classical texts, legal codes, or official records. It implies a scholarly or official act of editing.

Variants and Related Words

• Bổ sung (v): to supplement, to add. This is the modern and commonly used term for adding information.
  • Vui lòng bổ sung thông tin vào mẫu đơn. (Please supplement the information on the form.)
• Chỉnh sửa (v): to edit, to revise. A general modern term for making corrections.
  • Tác giả đang chỉnh sửa bản thảo. (The author is editing the manuscript.)

Synonyms

• Revise and update: To re-examine and make changes to include new information.
• Amend and supplement: To make minor improvements and add to.
• Correct and complete: To fix errors and finish by adding missing parts.

Notes on Usage

• "Bổ xuyết" is an archaic compound verb. Its components are "bổ" (to supplement, to add) and "xuyết" (to link, to connect, here meaning to interweave new content). It is rarely used in contemporary Vietnamese, having been largely replaced by words like "bổ sung" and "chỉnh sửa". When encountered, it typically refers to the formal revision of important documents or literary works.

1. (từ cũ, nghĩa cũ) Revise and update