bao bọc
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Definition
- Verb:
- To enclose, to surround, to encircle: To cover or form a boundary around something on all sides.
- To protect, to shield, to defend: To provide care, support, and defense for someone, often from harm or difficulty.
Usage Examples
Verb (To enclose/surround):
- Một lớp không khí dày bao bọc quả đất. (A thick layer of air encloses the earth.)
- Ngôi biệt thự có tường cao bao bọc. (The villa is enclosed/surrounded by high walls.)
- Sương mù bao bọc ngọn núi. (The fog envelops/surrounds the mountain peak.)
Verb (To protect/shield):
- Cha mẹ luôn bao bọc con cái. (Parents always protect/shield their children.)
- Anh ấy được đồng đội bao bọc trong mọi tình huống nguy hiểm. (He is protected/defended by his teammates in every dangerous situation.)
Advanced Usage
"Bao bọc lấy nhau": To protect/shield each other; implies mutual support and care within a group.
- Trong hoàn cảnh khó khăn, họ biết bao bọc lấy nhau. (In difficult circumstances, they know how to protect and support each other.)
Used in a negative or critical sense: Can imply excessive, stifling protection that hinders independence.
- Bao bọc con quá kỹ có thể khiến chúng thiếu kỹ năng sống. (Overprotecting children too much can make them lack life skills.)
Variants and Related Words
- Bao quanh (verb): To surround, to encircle. Often used more for physical surrounding.
- Hàng cây bao quanh ngôi nhà. (Trees surround the house.)
- Che chở (verb): To protect, to shelter. Focuses more on the aspect of providing refuge and safety.
- Luật pháp che chở người yếu thế. (The law protects the vulnerable.)
- Sự bao bọc (noun): The act of enclosing or protecting; protection.
- Đứa trẻ lớn lên trong sự bao bọc của gia đình. (The child grew up under the protection of the family.)
Synonyms
- Vây quanh: To surround, to besiege.
- Bảo vệ: To protect, to guard.
- Phù hộ: To bless, to protect (often with a spiritual connotation).
Related Phrases (Collocations)
- Bao bọc, che chở: A common paired phrase meaning "to protect and shelter."
- Quê hương bao bọc, che chở tôi. (My homeland protects and shelters me.)
- Được bao bọc bởi...: To be enclosed/protected by...
- Thị trấn nhỏ được bao bọc bởi những cánh rừng. (The small town is enclosed by forests.)
Related Idioms
- Bao bọc như trứng: To protect as carefully as an egg; to be overprotective.
- Cô ấy bao bọc đứa con duy nhất như trứng. (She protects her only child as carefully as an egg.)
- Lòng bao bọc: A compassionate, protective heart.
- Anh ấy có một tấm lòng bao bọc rộng lớn. (He has a great, protective heart.)
verb
- To enclose
- một lớp không khí dầy bao bọc quả đấta thick layer of air encloses the earth
- ngôi biệt thự có tường cao bao bọca villa enclosed by high walls