Definition

1. Verb:
   • To reap; to harvest; to cut (a crop, especially rice): "gặt" primarily refers to the action of cutting and gathering a mature crop, most commonly rice, from a field as the final step of the agricultural cycle.
   • To obtain as a result of one's actions: Figuratively, "gặt" can mean to receive or obtain a consequence, often a negative one, resulting from previous actions.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nông dân đang gặt lúa trên cánh đồng. (Farmers are harvesting rice in the field.)
  • Vụ mùa năm nay bội thu, họ sẽ gặt vào tuần tới. (This year's crop is bountiful; they will reap it next week.)
  • Hành động của anh ta rồi sẽ gặt lấy hậu quả. (His actions will eventually reap consequences.)

Advanced Usage

• "gieo gió gặt bão": Literally "sow the wind and reap the whirlwind". This is a fixed idiom meaning that small, bad actions can lead to disproportionately large and severe consequences.
  • Hắn lừa đảo nhiều người, giờ gieo gió gặt bão, bị tù chung thân. (He deceived many people; now he has sown the wind and reaped the whirlwind, receiving a life sentence.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gặt hái (verb): To reap, to harvest (often used for both literal harvesting and figurative results, especially positive ones like success).
  • Cô ấy đã gặt hái được nhiều thành công trong sự nghiệp. (She has reaped much success in her career.)
• Mùa gặt (noun): Harvest season.
  • Mùa gặt là thời gian bận rộn nhất của nông dân. (Harvest season is the busiest time for farmers.)
• Thợ gặt (noun): Reaper; harvester.
  • Những người thợ gặt làm việc từ sáng sớm. (The reapers work from early morning.)

Synonyms

• Thu hoạch: To harvest, to gather the yield.
• Cắt: To cut (used specifically for the action of cutting the rice stalks).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As a single verb, "gặt" does not commonly form phrasal verbs. Its combinations are typically fixed compound nouns or the idiom mentioned above.

Related Idioms

• Gieo gì gặt nấy / Gieo nhân nào gặt quả ấy: Literally "sow what you reap" / "sow what seed, reap what fruit". Equivalent to "You reap what you sow," meaning one's actions determine one's results.
  • Anh đã không học hành chăm chỉ, giờ thi trượt là gieo gì gặt nấy thôi. (You didn't study hard; now failing the exam is just you reaping what you sowed.)

verb

1. to reap; to harvest; to cut
   • gieo gió gặt bão
     sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
   • gặt lúa
     to harvest rice