co kéo

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co kéo

Hai đứa trẻ co kéo nhau để giành món đồ chơi.

Definition

  1. Verb:

    • To tug, to pull (physically or metaphorically): The primary meaning of "co kéo" is to pull or tug at something or someone, often persistently. This can be a literal physical action or a figurative action of exerting influence to detain or persuade.
    • To contrive or manage with little; to economize stringently: In a financial or resource context, "co kéo" means to stretch limited means carefully, to manage frugally, or to make ends meet through careful calculation.

  2. Verb (colloquial/commercial):

    • To solicit or canvass aggressively: Used particularly in business contexts to describe the act of actively and persistently attracting or pulling in customers or clients.
Usage Examples

  • Verb (to tug/detain):

    • Khách đòi về, nhưng chủ cứ co kéo giữ lại. (The guest wanted to leave, but the host kept detaining him by tugging him back.)
    • Đứa trẻ co kéo tay áo mẹ nó. (The child tugged at his mother's sleeve.)

  • Verb (to economize):

    • Khéo co kéo mới không nợ. (One must know how to contrive well with little to avoid debt.)
    • Gia đình ấy phải co kéo từng đồng. (That family has to stretch every penny.)

  • Verb (to solicit):

    • Nhân viên đó rất giỏi trong việc co kéo khách hàng. (That employee is very good at soliciting customers.)
Advanced Usage
  • The term often carries a nuance of persistent, sometimes forceful or insistent, effort. It is not a gentle pull but one that involves effort and determination, whether physically restraining someone, tightly managing a budget, or aggressively seeking business.
Variants and Related Words
  • Kéo co (n): This is a distinct noun meaning "tug of war" (the game). It is related etymologically but is a fixed compound with a specific meaning.
    • Họ đang chơi kéo co. (They are playing tug of war.)
Synonyms
  • To tug, to pull: To exert force to draw something toward oneself.
  • To detain: To keep someone from leaving.
  • To economize, to scrimp: To use resources very carefully and frugally.
  • To solicit, to canvass: To seek to obtain something, especially business, from someone.
Related Idioms and Phrases

  • Co kéo chi tiêu: To tighten the purse strings, to cut back on spending.

    • Mùa dịch, mọi người đều phải co kéo chi tiêu. (During the pandemic season, everyone has to tighten their purse strings.)

  • Co kéo thời gian: To stretch or bargain for more time (often in a negotiation).

    • Luật sư cố gắng co kéo thời gian cho thân chủ. (The lawyer tried to bargain for more time for his client.)
co kéo

Hai đứa trẻ co kéo nhau để giành món đồ chơi.

  1. To tug, to pull
    • khách đòi về, nhưng chủ cứ co kéo giữ lại
      the guest wanted to take leave, but the host detained him by tugging him back
  2. To contrive with little
    • khéo co kéo mới không nợ
      to know how to contrive well with little and keep one's head above water