Definition

1. Verb:
   • To scatter; to sow: To spread or disperse something, often seeds, over a wide area.
   • To disseminate; to spread: To cause something, typically something negative like fear, ideas, or suffering, to become widely distributed or felt.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Kẻ thù đã gieo rắc mìn khắp cánh đồng. (The enemy scattered mines all over the field.)
  • Những tin đồn thất thiệt gieo rắc sự hoang mang trong cộng đồng. (The false rumors sowed confusion within the community.)
  • Chiến tranh gieo rắc đau thương. (War spreads suffering.)

Advanced Usage

• "gieo rắc nỗi sợ hãi": to sow/spread fear.
  • Bọn tội phạm cố tình gieo rắc nỗi sợ hãi. (The criminals intentionally sow fear.)
• "gieo rắc mầm mống": to sow the seeds (of something, e.g., doubt, revolution).
  • Họ âm thầm gieo rắc mầm mống của sự phản kháng. (They quietly sowed the seeds of rebellion.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gieo (v): to sow, to plant (seeds). Often used in a more literal or neutral sense.
  • Người nông dân gieo hạt giống. (The farmer sows the seeds.)
• Rắc (v): to sprinkle, to scatter (a powdery or granular substance).
  • Cô ấy rắc một ít muối lên thức ăn. (She sprinkled a little salt on the food.)

Synonyms

• Scatter: to throw or spread things loosely over an area.
• Disseminate: to spread information, knowledge, or ideas widely.
• Sow: to plant seeds; to introduce an idea or feeling that develops later.
• Spread: to become distributed or widely known.

Related Idioms

• Gieo gió gặt bão: To sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. This idiom means that bad actions will lead to severe consequences.
  • Hắn lừa dối mọi người, giờ bị cô lập là gieo gió gặt bão. (He deceived everyone; now being isolated is a case of sowing the wind and reaping the whirlwind.)

verb

1. to scatter; to disseminate