chuộc
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Verb:
- To redeem: To recover possession of something by paying a sum of money, typically something that was pawned, mortgaged, or lost. This is the core meaning.
- To ransom: To secure the release of a captive by paying a demanded price.
- To atone for: To make amends for a mistake, fault, or sin, often through a compensatory action.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Anh ấy phải trả tiền để chuộc chiếc nhẫn từ tiệm cầm đồ. (He had to pay money to redeem the ring from the pawnshop.)
- Gia đình đã chuộc con tin. (The family ransomed the hostage.)
- Cô ấy cố gắng chuộc lỗi bằng một món quà. (She tried to atone for her mistake with a gift.)
Advanced Usage
"chuộc tội": to atone for a sin/crime.
- Hắn muốn chuộc tội bằng cách làm việc thiện. (He wants to atone for his crime by doing good deeds.)
"chuộc lại": to buy back, to redeem (emphasizing the act of re-acquisition).
- Công ty đang tìm cách chuộc lại cổ phần. (The company is seeking to buy back its shares.)
Variants and Related Words
- Chuộc mạng (v): to ransom one's life; to buy one's way out of a death sentence.
- Kẻ phản bội không thể chuộc mạng. (The traitor could not ransom his life.)
Synonyms
- Redeem: To regain possession by payment.
- Ransom: To obtain the release of a prisoner by payment.
- Atone: To make reparation or amends.
- Buy back: To repurchase.
Related Idioms
- Nghìn vàng khôn chuộc: (Literally: A thousand taels of gold cannot redeem it.) Meaning something precious is irreplaceable or lost forever.
- Lời nói đã thốt ra, nghìn vàng khôn chuộc. (The spoken word, a thousand taels of gold cannot redeem it.)
verb
- To redeem, to ransom
- chuộc đám ruộng cầm cố cho địa chủto redeem a plot of land mortgaged to a landlord
- chuộc một người bị bắt cócto ransom (to redeem, to pay a ransom for) a kidnapped person
- lập công chuộc tộito accomplish a distinguished service and redeem one's offence