Definition

1. Verb:
   • To reduce in intensity, severity, or degree: "giảm nhẹ" means to make something less heavy, severe, strong, or burdensome.
   • To mitigate or alleviate: It refers to the action of lessening the negative impact, weight, or seriousness of something.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chính phủ đã quyết định giảm nhẹ thuế cho các doanh nghiệp nhỏ. (The government decided to reduce taxes for small businesses.)
  • Bác sĩ cho cô ấy thuốc để giảm nhẹ cơn đau. (The doctor gave her medicine to alleviate the pain.)
  • Lời xin lỗi của anh ấy đã giảm nhẹ phần nào sự tức giận của tôi. (His apology somewhat mitigated my anger.)

Advanced Usage

• "giảm nhẹ tội" / "giảm nhẹ hình phạt": To mitigate a crime / To reduce a sentence (legal context).
  • Luật sư biện hộ để tìm các tình tiết giảm nhẹ tội cho thân chủ. (The lawyer defended to find mitigating circumstances for the client.)
• "giảm nhẹ gánh nặng": To lighten the burden.
  • Công nghệ mới giúp giảm nhẹ gánh nặng công việc lao động chân tay. (The new technology helps to lighten the burden of manual labor.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giảm (verb): To reduce, to decrease (a more general term for reduction).
• Nhẹ (adj): Light (in weight), mild, gentle.
• Sự giảm nhẹ (noun): The reduction, the mitigation, the alleviation.
  • Sự giảm nhẹ hình phạt là đáng kể. (The reduction of the sentence was significant.)

Synonyms

• Làm dịu: To soothe, to calm (often for emotions or pain).
• Hạ bớt: To lower, to bring down (often for levels, degrees).
• Bớt đi: To lessen, to diminish.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As Vietnamese does not have phrasal verbs in the same way English does, this section covers common verb phrases. - Giảm nhẹ đi: To reduce/lighten (emphasizing the action). - Hy vọng cơn bão sẽ giảm nhẹ đi trước khi vào đất liền. (Hopefully, the storm will weaken before making landfall.)

Related Idioms

• "Chạy tội giảm nhẹ": (To seek/strive for) a sentence reduction (idiomatic in legal contexts).
  • Gia đình đang tìm mọi cách chạy tội giảm nhẹ cho con trai. (The family is trying every way to seek a sentence reduction for their son.)

verb

1. to cut down, to lighten