Definition

1. Verb:
   • To travel extensively or to move around constantly, often with a sense of urgency or purpose, typically for work, business, or survival. It implies covering great distances or moving from place to place.
   • To bustle about; to rush around. This conveys a sense of busy, tireless, and sometimes arduous movement, often to manage affairs or seek a livelihood.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ông ấy đã bôn tẩu khắp châu Á để tìm kiếm cơ hội kinh doanh. (He traveled extensively all over Asia to seek business opportunities.)
  • Những năm tháng bôn tẩu kiếm sống ở thành phố thật vất vả. (The years of bustling about to earn a living in the city were very hard.)
  • Công việc khiến anh phải bôn tẩu trong Nam ngoài Bắc suốt tháng. (His job requires him to travel all over the South and the North all month.)

Advanced Usage

• The term bôn tẩu often carries a literary or slightly formal tone and may imply a life of hardship, constant movement, and dedication to a cause or necessity. It is not used for casual travel or tourism.

Variants and Related Words

• Bôn ba (v): A close synonym meaning to roam or wander, often through many places, frequently with a connotation of hardship or adventure.
  • Bà đã bôn ba nhiều nơi trên thế giới. (She roamed many places around the world.)

Synonyms

• Travel extensively: To journey over a wide area.
• Rush around: To move hurriedly and busily from one task or place to another.
• Gad about: To go from place to place seeking pleasure or business (less formal).

Related Idioms

• While bôn tẩu itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, its meaning is central to phrases describing a life of constant movement for a purpose.
  • Một đời bôn tẩu: A life of constant travel and toil.

    • Ông ấy có một đời bôn tẩu vì sự nghiệp. (He had a life of constant travel for his career.)

verb

1. To travel the length and width of (on business)
   • bôn tẩu hết trong Nam ngoài Bắc
     to travel all over the South and the North (on business)
   • những năm bôn tẩu ở nước ngoài
     the years of wide travelling abroad