Definition

Verb: - To break off (a romantic relationship): To end a love affair or romantic relationship completely and decisively. - To sever emotional ties: To cut off all affectionate or sentimental bonds with someone, often implying a final and resolute action.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Sau nhiều lần cãi vã, cô ấy quyết định dứt tình với bạn trai. (After many arguments, she decided to break off the relationship with her boyfriend.)
  • Anh ấy đã dứt tình để tập trung vào sự nghiệp. (He severed the romantic ties to focus on his career.)
  • Không thể chịu đựng thêm, tôi buộc phải dứt tình. (Unable to endure any longer, I was forced to end the relationship.)

Advanced Usage

• "dứt tình đoạn nghĩa": To break off completely, severing both love and obligation. This is a stronger, more idiomatic phrase emphasizing a total and final cut-off of all relational bonds.
  • Cuối cùng, anh ta đã dứt tình đoạn nghĩa với gia đình cũ. (Finally, he completely severed ties with his former family.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dứt (verb): To sever, to cut off, to stop. This is the core verb, often used in various contexts like (decisive), (to finish off).
• Đoạn tình (verb, literary): To sever love; a more literary synonym for .
• Chia tay (verb): To break up, to part ways. This is a more common and general term for ending a relationship, not as strong or final-sounding as .

Synonyms

• Chấm dứt mối quan hệ: To terminate a relationship.
• Cắt đứt: To cut off, to sever.
• Ly dị (specifically for marriage): To divorce.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As a Vietnamese verb, 'dứt tình' itself does not form phrasal verbs in the English sense. The related phrases are Vietnamese verb phrases. - Quyết định dứt tình: To decide to break it off. - Buộc lòng phải dứt tình: To be compelled/forced to end the relationship.

Related Idioms

• Dứt áo ra đi: To leave resolutely (literally: to sever one's sleeve and leave). This idiom conveys a decisive and sometimes dramatic departure, often from a person or situation, and can be related to .
  • Sau trận cãi nhau, cô ấy dứt áo ra đi. (After the argument, she left resolutely.)

verb

1. to break off