Definitions

1. Verb:
   • To comb one's hair straight, to brush one's hair free of tangles: The primary meaning refers to the action of using a comb or brush to untangle messy or knotted hair.
   • To fix or tidy one's hair: More broadly, it can mean to arrange or tidy one's hair after it has become disheveled.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Sau khi ngủ dậy, cô ấy phải gỡ đầu kỹ lưỡng. (After waking up, she had to thoroughly brush her hair free of tangles.)
  • Tóc em bé rối bù, mẹ đang giúp bé gỡ đầu. (The baby's hair is all tangled; her mother is helping her comb it straight.)
  • Cô ấy ngồi trước gương để gỡ đầu trước khi đi làm. (She sat in front of the mirror to tidy her hair before going to work.)

Advanced Usage

• "gỡ đầu gỡ tóc": This is a common reduplicative phrase that emphasizes the action of untangling hair, often implying it's a meticulous or time-consuming task due to severe tangles.
  • Tóc bị gió thổi rối hết, phải ngồi gỡ đầu gỡ tóc cả tiếng đồng hồ. (My hair got all tangled by the wind; I had to sit and comb it out for a whole hour.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gỡ (verb): To untangle, to disentangle, to unravel (used for knots, puzzles, problems).
  • gỡ rối (to untangle a mess), gỡ bỏ (to remove).
• Chải đầu (verb phrase): To comb/brush one's hair (a more general term, not necessarily implying tangles).
• Chải tóc (verb phrase): To comb/brush hair (synonymous with ).

Synonyms

• Chải tóc cho hết rối: To comb hair until it's untangled.
• Làm thẳng tóc: To straighten hair (can imply using tools beyond a comb, like a straightener).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Gỡ rối: To untangle a mess/situation (figurative use).
  • Anh ấy đang cố gắng gỡ rối trong công việc. (He is trying to untangle the mess at work.)

Related Idioms

• Đầu chưa kịp gỡ: Literally "hair not yet combed", used figuratively to describe a state of being very busy, rushed, or not having time to prepare properly.
  • Sáng nay dậy muộn, đầu chưa kịp gỡ đã phải chạy đi họp. (I woke up late this morning; I had to run to a meeting without even having time to tidy my hair.)

1. Comb one's hair straight, brush one's hair free of tangles