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bán mạng

Anh ấy phải bán mạng làm việc trong hầm mỏ để kiếm tiền nuôi gia đình.

Definition
  1. Verb phrase:
    • To act at the risk of one's life; to do something with total disregard for one's own safety: The phrase describes performing an action so recklessly or desperately that one's life is endangered. It implies a willingness to sacrifice one's life, often for a cause, out of necessity, or in a moment of extreme effort.
Usage Examples
  • Verb phrase:
    • Anh ấy làm việc bán mạng để kiếm tiền nuôi gia đình. (He works himself to the bone / works at the risk of his life to earn money to support his family.)
    • Các chiến sĩ đã chiến đấu bán mạng để bảo vệ thành phố. (The soldiers fought desperately, risking their lives to protect the city.)
    • Đừng có lái xe bán mạng như thế! (Don't drive so recklessly / as if your life doesn't matter!)
Advanced Usage
  • The phrase intensifies the verb it modifies, emphasizing extreme effort and danger. It is often used with verbs related to work, struggle, or fighting.
  • "Làm bán mạng": to work oneself to death; to work excessively hard.
    • Công việc khó khăn khiến anh ta phải làm bán mạng mỗi ngày. (The difficult job forces him to work himself to the bone every day.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Liều mạng (verb phrase): to act recklessly; to gamble with one's life. This is a close synonym but can sometimes imply more foolish risk-taking rather than desperate effort for a goal.
    • Hắn liều mạng vượt đèn đỏ. (He recklessly ran the red light.)
  • Bán mình (verb phrase): to sell oneself (e.g., into servitude or prostitution). This is a different concept but shares the root "bán" (to sell), relating to sacrificing one's body or freedom, not necessarily life.
Synonyms
  • Liều lĩnh (adj/verb): reckless, to act recklessly.
  • Bất chấp nguy hiểm (verb phrase): to disregard danger.
Related Idioms
  • "Làm việc quần quật" or "Làm việc cật lực": to work very hard, to toil. These emphasize hard labor but do not inherently carry the same connotation of life-threatening risk as "bán mạng".
  • "Đánh đổi bằng mạng sống": to exchange with one's life; to pay with one's life. This describes the consequence or cost more directly.
bán mạng

Anh ấy phải bán mạng làm việc trong hầm mỏ để kiếm tiền nuôi gia đình.

  1. At the risk of one's life

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