chuốc

Thân thiện

Mẹ chuốc trà mời khách.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To take pains to get, to go to any lengths to get: To make a great and often excessive effort to obtain something, especially something considered worthless or vain.
   • To bring upon oneself, to court, to ask for: To be the cause of (something negative) happening to oneself; to act in a way that makes a bad outcome likely.
   • To pour (wine/alcohol): To pour wine or alcohol for someone, typically a guest, as an act of serving or invitation to drink.

Usage Examples

• To take pains to get:
  • Đắt thế mà nó vẫn chuốc về. (It was so expensive, but he still took pains to get it.)
  • Anh ta chỉ biết chuốc lấy hư danh. (He only knows how to go to great lengths for vain glory.)
• To bring upon oneself:
  • Hành động đó chỉ chuốc lấy oán thù. (That action will only bring hatred upon you.)
  • Cậu ấy đang chuốc lấy rắc rối. (He is courting trouble.)
• To pour (wine):
  • Ông chủ vui vẻ chuốc rượu cho khách. (The host happily poured wine for the guests.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a negative or critical connotation, implying the action is foolish, unnecessary, or self-destructive.
• In the meaning "to bring upon oneself," it is frequently used with negative outcomes like disaster, hatred, blame, or trouble.

Variants and Related Words

• Chuốc rượu (verb phrase): Specifically means to pour alcohol or to ply someone with drinks.
  • Họ ngồi chuốc rượu cho nhau cả đêm. (They sat pouring drinks for each other all night.)

Synonyms

• To take pains to get: to strive for, to pursue (with negative connotation).
• To bring upon oneself: to incur, to invite, to court.
• To pour: to serve (a drink).

Related Idioms and Proverbs

• Mua thù chuốc oán: (Literally: To buy enmity, to incur hatred) To act in a way that creates enemies and resentment.
• Chuốc vạ vào thân: (Literally: To bring disaster upon one's body) To invite trouble or calamity upon oneself.
• Bán gà nhà chuốc cò nội: (Literally: To sell the domestic chicken to acquire the field heron) A proverb criticizing the act of trading something of real, familiar value for something foreign and worthless.

Học thuật

verb

1. To take pains to get, to go to any lengths to get
   • đắt thế mà nó vẫn chuốc về
     it was so expensive, but he took pains to get it
   • chuốc lấy hư danh
     to go to great lengths to get vain honours
2. To look for, to ask for, to bring on one's head, to court
   • chuốc oán thù
     to bring hatred on one's head
   • chuốc lấy sự thất bại nhục nhã
     to court humiliating defeat
3. To pour out (wine) for guests