dẹp đường

dẹp đường

Công nhân đang dẹp đường cho xe cứu thương đi qua.

Definitions
  1. Verb phrase:
    • To clear the way/path: To remove obstacles, objects, or people from a path or route to make it passable.
    • To make way: To create a passage or to step aside to allow someone or something to pass through.
Usage Examples
  • Verb phrase:
    • Công nhân đang dẹp đường cho xe cứu thương đi qua. (Workers are clearing the way for the ambulance to pass.)
    • Mọi người hãy dẹp đường để đoàn rước kiệu đi qua. (Everyone, please make way for the procession to pass.)
Advanced Usage
  • "dẹp đường cho ai/cái gì": To clear the way for someone/something (often used figuratively).
    • Chính sách mới nhằm dẹp đường cho các doanh nghiệp nhỏ phát triển. (The new policy aims to clear the way for small businesses to develop.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Dọn đường (verb phrase): To clear/prepare the road/path. Often used interchangeably with "dẹp đường" but can imply a more thorough cleaning or preparation.
    • Họ dọn đường trước khi tổ chức cuộc thi chạy. (They cleared the road before organizing the running race.)
  • Nhường đường (verb phrase): To yield/give way (e.g., in traffic).
  • Dẹp (verb): To put away, to clear, to remove.
  • Đường (noun): Road, path, way.
Synonyms
  • Làm thông thoáng lối đi: To clear the passage.
  • Mở đường: To open the way/path (can be literal or figurative).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
  • Dẹp bỏ (verb phrase): To remove, to get rid of (something, often abstract like difficulties).
    • Cần dẹp bỏ những rào cản trong giao tiếp. (It is necessary to remove barriers in communication.)
  • Dẹp yên (verb phrase): To pacify, to quell (e.g., a disturbance, a riot).
    • Cảnh sát đã dẹp yên vụ ẩu đả. (The police quelled the fight.)
Related Idioms
  • Dọn mâm dọn bát: Literally "to clear the trays and bowls". This idiom is about cleaning up after a meal and is not directly related to "dẹp đường".
  • Mở đường máu: Literally "to open a blood path". This is a vivid, often historical/military idiom meaning to fight one's way through, to break through enemy lines. It is more intense and specific than "dẹp đường".
    • Quân đội đã mở đường máu để rút lui. (The army fought their way through to retreat.)