Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To go ashore / to disembark: The primary meaning of "lên bộ" is to leave a watercraft (like a ship or boat) and step onto dry land. It describes the transition from being on water to being on land.
   • To land: It can also mean to come to land from the sea or a river, completing a voyage.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Sau chuyến hải trình dài, thủy thủ đoàn vui mừng lên bộ. (After the long voyage, the crew was happy to go ashore.)
  • Tàu cập cảng, và hành khách bắt đầu lên bộ. (The ship docked, and the passengers began to disembark.)
  • Đoàn thám hiểm lên bộ để tìm nước ngọt. (The expedition landed to find fresh water.)

Advanced Usage

• While "lên bộ" literally means "to go onto land," it is almost exclusively used in the context of arriving from a body of water. It is not typically used for simply stepping onto land from a vehicle on solid ground.

Variants and Related Words

• Cập bến (v): to dock, to come into port.

  • Con tàu lớn đang cập bến. (The large ship is docking.)

• Đổ bộ (v): to land (often used in military contexts or for large-scale landing).

  • Lính thủy đánh bộ đã đổ bộ lên bãi biển. (The marines landed on the beach.)

Synonyms

• Disembark: to leave a ship or aircraft.
• Go ashore: to move from a ship to the land.
• Debark: a less common synonym for disembark.

Related Idioms

• There are no common idioms directly using the phrase "lên bộ." Its meaning is quite literal and specific.