Definition

1. Verb:
   • To entrust: To place something valuable (such as an object, a task, or a person) into someone else's care with a sense of hope, reliance, and often deep personal feeling.
   • To recommend: To present someone to another person or institution with a request for favorable consideration, often implying a personal endorsement.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy gửi gắm đứa con nhỏ cho bà ngoại trông nom. (She entrusted her young child to her grandmother to look after.)
  • Anh ấy gửi gắm người bạn thân đến làm việc tại công ty. (He recommended his close friend to work at the company.)
  • Trong bức thư, ông cụ gửi gắm tất cả tâm tư của mình. (In the letter, the old man entrusted all his innermost thoughts.)

Advanced Usage

• The verb "gửi gắm" often carries an emotional or sentimental weight, implying more than a simple transactional handover. It conveys a sense of hope, faith, and personal connection in the act of entrusting.
• It is commonly used in contexts involving family, close relationships, and important personal matters.

Variants and Related Words

• Gửi (v): A more general verb meaning to send, to deposit, or to leave something with someone. It lacks the deep emotional connotation of "gửi gắm."
  • Tôi sẽ gửi tiền vào ngân hàng. (I will deposit money in the bank.)
• Phó thác (v): To entrust or commit (often used in formal or literary contexts, sometimes with a spiritual or solemn tone).
  • Người lính phó thác số phận cho tổ quốc. (The soldier entrusted his fate to the homeland.)

Synonyms

• Entrust: To assign the responsibility for something to someone.
• Commend: To present as worthy of regard or kindness (archaic in this sense, similar to "recommend").
• Recommend: To put forward someone or something as suitable for a purpose or role.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Gửi gắm tâm tình: To confide one's feelings; to entrust one's sentiments.
  • Bài hát này gửi gắm tâm tình của người nhạc sĩ. (This song conveys the composer's heartfelt sentiments.)
• Gửi gắm niềm tin: To place one's trust (in someone/something).
  • Cử tri gửi gắm niềm tin vào vị ứng cử viên mới. (The voters placed their trust in the new candidate.)

verb

1. to entrust, to recommend