ba bảy

Thân thiện

Cửa hàng có ba bảy loại bánh khác nhau.

Definition

1. Phrase:
   • Several; a number of; more than one: Used to indicate an indefinite but relatively small quantity of different things or ways, emphasizing variety rather than a specific count. It often implies there are multiple options, methods, or types available.
   • Varied; assorted: Describes a collection of different items or a situation with many facets.

Usage Examples

• Phrase: Cô ấy nghĩ ra ba bảy cách để giải quyết vấn đề. (She thought of several ways to solve the problem.)

Advanced Usage

• This phrase is often used in a figurative or idiomatic sense to suggest multiplicity and is not meant to be calculated literally as the numbers three (ba) and seven (bảy).

Variants and Related Words

• Ba chìm bảy nổi (idiom): Literally "three sinkings, seven floatings." It describes a life or situation full of ups and downs, vicissitudes, and turbulence. (The artist's life full of ups and downs.)

Synonyms

• Several
• A variety of
• A number of
• Multiple

Related Idioms

• Ba bảy đường: (Similar usage) several paths/methods.
• Ba bảy mười bốn: (Extended form) emphasizes an even greater, though still indefinite, number of ways or things.

Học thuật

1. more than one, several, a variety of
   • có ba bảy cách lấy lòng ông ta
     there is more than one way of winning his favour