Definition

1. Verb:
   • To tear, to snatch, to pluck: To separate something by pulling or jerking it forcefully and quickly, often causing it to detach.
   • To cut (grass, etc.): To cut, typically using a tool like a sickle, often referring to cutting grass or rice stalks.

Usage Examples

• Verb (to tear/snatch/pluck):

  • Cô ấy bứt một bông hoa trong vườn. (She plucked a flower in the garden.)
  • Đừng bứt lá cây! (Don't pluck the leaves from the tree!)
  • Nó tức giận đến mức muốn bứt tóc. (He was so angry he wanted to tear his hair out.)

• Verb (to cut):

  • Các bác nông dân đang bứt cỏ ở bờ ruộng. (The farmers are cutting grass on the field's edge.)

Advanced Usage

• "bứt ra": To tear oneself away, to break away from a group, situation, or state.

  • Anh ấy quyết định bứt ra khỏi công việc nhàm chán đó. (He decided to break away from that boring job.)
  • Cậu bé bứt ra khỏi đám đông để chạy đi tìm mẹ. (The little boy tore himself away from the crowd to run and find his mother.)

• "bứt lên": To break away (from a pack), to surge ahead, to make a sudden advance or spurt. Often used in sports or competition.

  • Vận động viên số 5 đột nhiên bứt lên dẫn trước. (Athlete number 5 suddenly broke away and took the lead.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bứt phá (verb): To break through (a limit, barrier); to make a significant, sudden advance or improvement.
  • Đội bóng đã có pha bứt phá ngoạn mục để ghi bàn. (The team made a spectacular breakthrough to score a goal.)
• Giật (verb): To jerk, to snatch. A close synonym for the pulling action of "bứt," but "giật" can imply a quicker, more violent single motion, often to take something someone.
• Ngắt (verb): To pick, to pluck (flowers, fruits). Similar to "bứt" but often gentler and more deliberate, not implying violent force.
• Cắt (verb): To cut. A more general term for cutting, while "bứt" in this sense is specific to cutting grass/reeds with a sickle.

Synonyms

• Giật: to jerk, to snatch.
• Nhổ: to pull out, to uproot (e.g., weeds, teeth).
• Ngắt: to pick, to pluck.
• Xé: to rip, to tear (apart, like paper or fabric).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Bứt ra khỏi: To tear oneself away from; to escape from.
  • Cô ấy cố gắng bứt ra khỏi vòng tay anh ta. (She tried to tear herself away from his embrace.)
• Bứt lên (phía trước): To surge ahead, to break away to the front.
  • Tay đua trẻ đã bứt lên phía trước ở khúc cua cuối cùng. (The young racer surged ahead on the final turn.)

Related Idioms

• "Bứt cỏ quên liềm": Literally "to cut grass and forget the sickle." Figuratively, it means to be so focused on a task that one forgets the tool used for it, or to be careless and forgetful of one's belongings after work.
• "Bứt tóc, bứt tai": Literally "to tear hair, to tear ears." An expression describing a state of extreme frustration, anger, or distress.

verb

1. To tear, to snatch, to pluck
   • bứt tóc
     to tear one's hair
   • bứt tóc ai
     to snatch someone's hair
   • bứt lá
     to pluck a leaf
   • bứt ra khỏi hàng ngũ
     to tear oneself away from the ranks, to bread rank
   • tính anh ta hễ vào việc là đừng hòng bứt ra được
     it is his character that when having begun his work he is not to be torn away from it
2. To cut
   • bứt cỏ quên liềm
     to leave one's sickle after cutting grass