Definition

1. Noun:

   • Pill: A small, round, solid dose of traditional medicine, typically made from ground herbs and other ingredients.

2. Verb:

   • To return; to give back; to restore: To give something back to its original owner or to its previous state.
   • To revert; to return to a previous state: To go back to being as one was before.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông ấy uống ba hoàn thuốc bổ mỗi ngày. (He takes three tonic pills every day.)
• Verb:
  • Tôi sẽ hoàn lại sách cho thư viện vào ngày mai. (I will return the book to the library tomorrow.)
  • Sau trận lũ, thành phố mất nhiều năm để hoàn lại vẻ đẹp cũ. (After the flood, it took the city many years to restore its former beauty.)
  • Sau tất cả những nỗ lực, anh ta vẫn hoàn nghèo. (After all the efforts, he still reverted to being poor.)

Advanced Usage

• "hoàn tất": to complete, to finish.
  • Chúng tôi đã hoàn tất dự án đúng hạn. (We completed the project on time.)
• "hoàn trả": to refund, to reimburse.
  • Cửa hàng đồng ý hoàn trả tiền cho khách hàng. (The store agreed to refund the customer's money.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bồi hoàn (v): to compensate, to make restitution.
  • Công ty phải bồi hoàn thiệt hại. (The company must compensate for the damages.)
• Quy hoàn (v): to return (often used formally or in literature).
  • Chiến binh quy hoàn sau chiến thắng. (The warrior returned after the victory.)
• Hoàn nguyên (v): to restore to the original state.
  • Công nghệ này giúp hoàn nguyên dữ liệu đã xóa. (This technology helps restore deleted data.)

Synonyms

• Pill: pellet, bolus (for traditional medicine).
• To return: to give back, to restore, to refund.
• To revert: to go back, to relapse.

Related Idioms

• Cải tử hoàn sinh: to bring back from the dead; to perform a miracle cure.
  • Vị bác sĩ tài ba như có khả năng cải tử hoàn sinh. (The talented doctor seems to have the ability to bring people back from the dead.)
• Mèo lại hoàn mèo: A leopard cannot change its spots. (Literally: A cat returns to being a cat.)
  • Hắn hứa sẽ thay đổi, nhưng mèo lại hoàn mèo thôi. (He promised to change, but a leopard cannot change its spots.)

noun

1. pill

verb

1. to return; to give back; to restore