khuyên can
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Definition
- Verb:
- To dissuade: To advise someone against a particular action or course of action, attempting to persuade them not to do it.
- To admonish, to counsel against: To give earnest advice aimed at preventing someone from making a mistake or doing something unwise.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Tôi đã cố gắng khuyên can anh ấy đừng đầu tư vào dự án mạo hiểm đó. (I tried to dissuade him from investing in that risky project.)
- Cô giáo đã khuyên can học sinh không nên bỏ học giữa chừng. (The teacher admonished the student not to drop out of school.)
- Bạn bè khuyên can tôi, nhưng tôi vẫn quyết định làm theo ý mình. (My friends counseled me against it, but I still decided to follow my own mind.)
Advanced Usage
- "Khuyên can ai đó làm gì": To dissuade someone from doing something.
- Mẹ tôi khuyên can tôi đi du lịch một mình vì lo lắng. (My mother dissuaded me from traveling alone out of concern.)
- "Khuyên can mãi" / "Khuyên can hoài": To dissuade repeatedly or persistently.
- Tôi khuyên can mãi mà nó chẳng nghe. (I dissuaded him repeatedly, but he didn't listen.)
Variants and Related Words
- Khuyên (verb): To advise, to counsel (a more general term for giving advice, which can be positive or negative).
- Bác sĩ khuyên tôi nên nghỉ ngơi. (The doctor advised me to rest.)
- Can (verb): To prevent, to stop (often used in compounds like "can ngăn").
- Không ai can nổi hành động liều lĩnh của anh ta. (No one could stop his reckless action.)
- Can ngăn (verb): To prevent, to hinder (emphasizes the act of stopping or preventing).
- Cảnh sát đã can ngăn cuộc ẩu đả. (The police prevented the brawl.)
- Khuyến cáo (verb): To recommend, to advise (often with official or formal weight, can imply warning).
- Cơ quan y tế khuyến cáo người dân tiêm phòng. (The health agency recommends that people get vaccinated.)
Synonyms
- Ngăn cản: To prevent, to obstruct.
- Khuyên nhủ: To exhort, to advise earnestly (can be for or against an action).
- Can gián: To remonstrate, to advise against (formal, often used in historical or serious contexts).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
Note: As a single verb, "khuyên can" does not commonly form phrasal verbs. Its meaning is typically expressed through the structure "khuyên can + [someone] + (đừng/không nên) + [action]".
Related Idioms
- "Khuyên can như nước đổ đầu vịt": To dissuade in vain (literally: "to dissuade like water poured on a duck's head" – meaning the advice has no effect, like water rolling off a duck's back).
- Tôi khuyên can nó như nước đổ đầu vịt; nó nhất quyết không nghe. (I dissuaded him in vain; he stubbornly refused to listen.)
verb
- to dissuade