Definition

1. Verb:
   • To neglect: To fail to give proper care or attention to a task or duty, often resulting in its delay or incomplete state.
   • To be behind / to be delayed: To allow work or a process to fall behind schedule or to drag on for an extended period.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Không một ai bê trễ việc sản xuất. (No one neglected the production work.)
  • Ham chơi để công việc bê trễ. (To neglect one's work out of love for play.)
  • Công việc xây dựng bị bê trễ. (The construction work was delayed.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often implies a sense of irresponsibility or lack of diligence, suggesting the delay is due to inaction rather than external circumstances.
• It is commonly used in formal or critical contexts to describe administrative, professional, or official work that is stalled.

Variants and Related Words

• Trì hoãn (v): To postpone, to delay. This word can be more neutral, while carries a stronger negative connotation of neglect.
• Lơ là (v): To be negligent, to be inattentive. Focuses more on the lack of attention rather than the resulting delay.

Synonyms

• Neglect: To fail to care for or attend to properly.
• Delay: To make something late or slow.
• Procrastinate: To delay or postpone action.

Related Idioms

• While itself is not typically part of a longer idiom, it is conceptually related to phrases describing negligence.
• Để công việc ứ đọng: To let work pile up or become stagnant. This is a descriptive phrase for the result of .

verb

1. To leave undone, to neglect
   • không một ai bê trễ việc sản xuất
     no one left his work undone
   • ham chơi để công việc bê trễ
     to neglect one's work out of love for play