chèo kéo

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Definition

Verb: - To solicit persistently; to importune: To repeatedly and insistently invite or urge someone to use a service, buy a product, or enter an establishment, often in an aggressive or annoying manner. - To solicit (specifically for prostitution): To accost or proposition someone for paid sexual services (a specific, colloquial usage).

Usage Examples

• (That staff member is soliciting customers to enter the restaurant.)
• (I don't like going to the market because I often get importuned by the vendors.)
• (The police arrested those soliciting customers in the red-light district.)

Advanced Usage

• "bị chèo kéo" / "bị ... chèo kéo": To be the target of persistent solicitation.
  • Du khách thường bị chèo kéo mua đồ lưu niệm. (Tourists are often solicited to buy souvenirs.)
• Implied negative connotation: The word inherently carries a sense of annoyance, aggression, or undesirability. It is not used for polite or welcome invitations.

Variants and Related Words

• Chèo (verb, informal): Can be used similarly in some contexts, e.g., (to solicit customers). "Chèo kéo" is more emphatic.
• Lôi kéo (verb): To pull in, to attract (can be neutral or negative, but less aggressive/annoying than ).
• Mời chào (verb): To invite and offer (generally more polite and neutral than ).
• Rao hàng (verb): To hawk, to peddle (to call out to sell goods, often in public).

Synonyms

• To accost: To approach and address someone boldly or aggressively.
• To importune: To ask someone pressingly and persistently for something.
• To hawk: To offer goods for sale by calling out in public.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As a single Vietnamese verb, "chèo kéo" does not form phrasal verbs in the English sense. Its meaning is conveyed through different English verbs depending on context.

Related Idioms

• "Chèo kéo như mời ăn cướp" (To solicit as if forcing someone to a robbery): An idiom emphasizing extremely aggressive, coercive, and unpleasant solicitation.

Học thuật

verb

1. To invite with insistence
   • To solicit (nói về gái ddiếm)