Definition

1. Verb:
   • To return to a previous state or action: The primary meaning of "giở lại" is to resume, revert, or go back to a condition, topic, or activity that was previously stopped or left.
   • To bring up again: It can mean to reintroduce or reopen a subject, issue, or memory from the past.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Câu chuyện cũ giở lại làm anh buồn. (The old story, brought up again, made him sad.)
  • Sau khi nghỉ, cô ấy giở lại công việc. (After a break, she returned to her work.)
  • Đừng giở lại chuyện đó nữa. (Don't bring that matter up again.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used to describe the act of revisiting something, typically with a nuance of it being unwelcome, tedious, or cyclical. It implies a repetition of a past scenario.

Variants and Related Words

• Trở lại (v): to return, to come back. This is a more common and general synonym.
  • Anh ấy sẽ trở lại vào tuần sau. (He will return next week.)

Synonyms

• Resume: to begin again after a pause.
• Revert: to return to a previous state.
• Reopen: to bring a subject up for discussion again.
• Recur: to happen again.

Related Idioms

• Giở lại vấn đề cũ: to reopen an old issue.
  • Cuộc họp chỉ giở lại vấn đề cũ mà không có giải pháp mới. (The meeting just reopened the old issue without any new solutions.)