giải vây
Definition
- Verb:
- To raise a siege / to lift an encirclement: To militarily break a blockade or surrounding force, freeing those who are trapped.
- To rescue from danger / to extricate: To help someone escape from a difficult, dangerous, or oppressive situation.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Quân tiếp viện kịp thời đến để giải vây cho đồng đội. (Reinforcements arrived just in time to raise the siege for their comrades.)
- Anh ấy đã giải vây cho tôi khỏi cuộc tranh cãi khó xử đó. (He rescued me from that awkward argument.)
- Chiến dịch nhằm mục đích giải vây cho thành phố bị bao vây. (The campaign aimed to lift the encirclement of the besieged city.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in both literal military contexts and metaphorical social contexts where someone is "trapped" by circumstances, pressure, or people.
Variants and Related Words
- Giải vây is the standard form. The alternate form giải vi is noted in some dictionaries but is less common in modern usage.
- Giải nguy (v): To rescue from peril. This is a close synonym but often implies a more immediate, critical danger rather than a prolonged siege.
Synonyms
- Relieve: To free from a burden, oppression, or siege.
- Extricate: To free someone or something from a constraint or difficulty.
- Rescue: To save from a dangerous or distressing situation.
Related Idioms
- While giải vây itself is not typically part of a longer idiom, its concept is central to phrases like:
- Cứu nguy giải nguy: To save and rescue from peril.
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Raise a siege, raise the encirclement
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Help out of danger, put out of harm's way
