bôn hành

Ông ấy bôn hành suốt ngày để kiếm sống cho gia đình.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To bustle about, to rush around busily: "bôn hành" describes the action of moving hurriedly and energetically from place to place, often to handle personal matters or urgent tasks. It implies a state of being very busy and active, sometimes with a sense of exertion or struggle.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ông ấy bôn hành suốt ngày để kiếm sống cho gia đình. (He bustles about all day to earn a living for his family.)
  • Cô ấy phải bôn hành giữa hai thành phố vì công việc. (She has to rush around between two cities because of her job.)

Advanced Usage

• This verb is considered somewhat rare and literary in modern Vietnamese. It often carries a connotation of toiling or striving with effort.
  • Suốt một đời bôn hành, cuối cùng ông cũng có được chút an nhàn. (Having bustled about for a whole lifetime, he finally gained a bit of peace.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bôn ba (verb): To travel around, to roam (often for work or life experience). This is a more common synonym.
  • Anh ấy đã bôn ba khắp nơi tìm kế sinh nhai. (He roamed everywhere to find a livelihood.)

Synonyms

• Chạy ngược chạy xuôi: To run back and forth (an idiomatic phrase emphasizing hectic movement).
• Tất bật: To be busy, to be bustling (describes a busy state).
• Vất vả: To toil, to labor (emphasizes hardship and effort).