bổ nhào

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Definition

1. Verb:
   • To dive: To move or fall downwards quickly and steeply, often through the air. This is commonly used for aircraft or birds making a steep descent.
   • To rush headlong / To plunge headlong: To move or run somewhere very quickly and with great force, often without caution, driven by urgency or strong emotion.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Máy bay bổ nhào ném bom. (The plane dived to drop its bombs.)
  • Người đó ngã bổ nhào xuống cầu thang. (That person fell headlong down the stairs.)
  • Mọi người bổ nhào đi tìm nó. (Everybody rushed off headlong to look for him.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "bổ nhào" often implies a sudden, forceful, and uncontrolled or barely controlled downward or forward motion. It can describe both literal physical actions and, metaphorically, a sudden, intense engagement in an activity.

Variants and Related Words

• Ngã bổ nhào (v): To fall headlong, to take a heavy fall.
  • Cậu bé trượt chân ngã bổ nhào. (The boy slipped and fell headlong.)

Synonyms

• To dive: To plunge steeply downward.
• To plunge: To jump or move suddenly and with force.
• To rush: To move with urgent haste.

Related Idioms

• While "bổ nhào" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, its meaning is central to descriptive phrases about sudden, impulsive action, such as (to plunge headlong into work).

Học thuật

verb

1. To dive, to rush headlong, to plunge headlong
   • ngã bổ nhào
     to fall down headlong
   • máy bay bổ nhào ném bom
     the plane dived and dropped its bombs
   • mọi người bổ nhào đi tìm nó
     everybody rushed off headlong to look for him