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Mẹ dùng quả bù để đựng nước.

Definition
  1. Verb:

    • To compensate, to make up for: To add something to offset a deficiency, loss, or shortfall.
    • To supplement: To add an extra amount to complete a required total.
  2. Adjective:

    • Dishevelled, unkempt, tangled: Used primarily to describe messy, matted, or wildly uncombed hair.
Usage Examples
  • Verb:
    • Công ty phải bù lỗ từ quý trước. (The company must compensate for losses from the previous quarter.)
    • Học sinh phải học vào thứ Bảy. (The students have to make up for the lesson on Saturday.)
  • Adjective:
    • Đầu tóc ấy trông thật sau chuyến đi đường dài. (Her hair looked very dishevelled after the long journey.)
Advanced Usage
  • Mathematical Term: In geometry, "góc " refers to supplementary angles (two angles whose sum is 180 degrees).
    • Góc 70 độ góc 110 độ hai góc . (A 70-degree angle and a 110-degree angle are supplementary angles.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Làm (v): To work extra hours or days to compensate for time off.
    • Tôi phải làm hai ngày đã nghỉ ốm. (I have to work two compensatory days because I was sick.)
  • Nghỉ (v): To take a compensatory day off.
    • Nhân viên được nghỉ vào thứ Hai. (The employee gets a compensatory day off on Monday.)
  • Đầu tóc rối (idiomatic phrase): Literally "dishevelled head and tangled hair"; describes a very messy appearance.
    • Cậu thức dậy với đầu tóc rối. (The boy woke up with dishevelled and tangled hair.)
Synonyms
  • Compensate: To make up for something lost or missing.
  • Offset: To counterbalance or compensate for.
  • Dishevelled: Untidy, especially of hair or appearance.
Related Idioms
  • Lấy công chuộc tội: To atone for a mistake or sin through good deeds (conceptually related to making up for something).
  • Lợi hại: The advantages offset the disadvantages; a mixed bag.
    • Dự án này lợi hại. (This project has pros that balance out the cons.)
bù

Mẹ dùng quả bù để đựng nước.

verb
  1. To make good, to make up, to compensate
    • làm
      to put in compensating work
    • nghỉ
      to have some time off in compensation
    • lấy vụ thu vụ chiêm
      to make good the failure of the winter crop with an autumn crop
adj
  1. Dishevelled, unkept
    • đầu tóc rối
      dishevelled and tangled hair