Definition

1. Verb:
   • To resist; to fight back: To actively oppose an attack, aggression, or pressure by using force or arguments in response.
   • To counter; to retaliate: To take action against an assault or a verbal argument in order to defend oneself or one's position.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Lực lượng của chúng tôi đã chống trả quyết liệt. (Our forces resisted fiercely.)
  • Anh ấy chống trả lại những lời buộc tội. (He countered the accusations.)
  • Họ buộc phải chống trả để tự vệ. (They were forced to fight back in self-defense.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often implies a reactive and forceful opposition, typically in a conflict, debate, or competitive situation. It suggests a degree of vigor and determination in the response.

Variants and Related Words

• Chống cự (v): to resist, to put up a fight. Often used interchangeably with "chống trả" but can sometimes imply a slightly more defensive stance.

  • Quân địch chống cự yếu ớt. (The enemy resistance was weak.)

• Phản kháng (v): to protest, to oppose. More commonly used for ideological or social opposition rather than physical combat.

  • Người dân phản kháng chính sách mới. (The people protested the new policy.)

Synonyms

• Resist: to withstand the action or effect of.
• Fight back: to defend oneself by fighting.
• Counter: to speak or act in opposition to.
• Retaliate: to make an attack in return for a similar attack.

Related Idioms

• While "chống trả" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, the concept is central to phrases like:
  • Chống trả đến cùng: to resist to the very end.

    • Họ thề sẽ chống trả đến cùng. (They vowed to fight to the very end.)

verb

1. To oppose
   • hoả lực chống trả mạnh
     the opposing fire was violent