khấn
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Definition
- Verb:
- To pray (to deities or ancestors): To murmur or recite words silently or softly, making a request or expressing gratitude to a god, Buddha, or the spirit of a deceased person.
- To bribe (colloquial): To give money or a gift secretly to someone in authority to gain favor or avoid trouble.
Usage Examples
- Verb (to pray):
- Bà lão khấn trước bàn thờ tổ tiên. (The old woman prays before the ancestral altar.)
- Người dân đến đền chùa để khấn Phật cầu bình an. (People come to the temple to pray to Buddha for peace.)
- Verb (to bribe):
- Muốn việc được thông qua nhanh, hắn phải khấn cho viên chức đó. (To get the matter approved quickly, he had to bribe that official.)
Advanced Usage
- "khấn vái": to pray and bow repeatedly in reverence.
- Các tín đồ thành tâm khấn vái trước tượng thần. (The devotees sincerely pray and bow before the statue of the deity.)
Variants and Related Words
- Khấn nguyện (v): to pray, to make a vow or plea (often in a religious context).
- Cô ấy khấn nguyện cho sức khỏe của gia đình. (She prays for her family's health.)
Synonyms
- Pray: to make a devout request to a divine power.
- Bribe: to persuade someone to act in one's favor by a gift of money or other inducement.
Related Idioms
- Lầm rầm như đĩ khấn tiên sư: (Literally: Mumbling like a prostitute praying to her master) Used to describe someone mumbling incessantly and incomprehensibly.
- Khấn thầm: to pray silently or inwardly.
- Trước khi thi, cậu ấy khấn thầm cầu may mắn. (Before the exam, he prayed silently for good luck.)
verb
- to pray
- khấn váito pray and to make obeisances