Definition

1. Verb:

   • To solicit donations / to raise funds: The primary meaning of "lạc quyên" is to organize or engage in the activity of asking for and collecting voluntary monetary contributions from the public for a charitable, communal, or beneficial cause.

2. Noun:

   • A fundraising drive / a donation campaign: "lạc quyên" can also refer to the organized event or campaign itself aimed at collecting funds for a specific, often charitable, purpose.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Hội Chữ thập đỏ đang lạc quyên để hỗ trợ nạn nhân thiên tai. (The Red Cross is fundraising to support disaster victims.)
  • Chúng tôi dự định lạc quyên cho thư viện mới của trường. (We plan to solicit donations for the school's new library.)

• Noun:

  • Cuộc lạc quyên đã thu được một số tiền đáng kể. (The fundraising drive collected a significant amount of money.)
  • Lạc quyên giúp đỡ trẻ em khuyết tật sẽ diễn ra vào Chủ nhật. (The donation campaign to help disabled children will take place on Sunday.)

Advanced Usage

• "lạc quyên" is considered a somewhat formal or literary term in modern Vietnamese. In everyday speech, phrases like "gây quỹ" (to raise funds) or "quyên góp" (to donate/collect donations) are more commonly used for the verb form.
  • Việc lạc quyên được tiến hành một cách minh bạch. (The fundraising was conducted transparently.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cuộc lạc quyên (n): a fundraising campaign/drive.

  • Cuộc lạc quyên đó đã thành công rực rỡ. (That fundraising campaign was a brilliant success.)

• Quyên góp (v): to donate, to contribute; to collect donations.

  • Mọi người hảo tâm đều có thể quyên góp. (All benefactors can donate.)

Synonyms

• Fundraise / Raise funds: To seek financial contributions for a cause.
• Solicit donations: To ask for donations.
• Collection drive: An organized effort to collect money or goods.

Related Idioms

• While there is no direct idiom with "lạc quyên," the concept is related to:
  • Mở hầu bao: (lit. to open one's purse) To donate generously.

    • Cộng đồng đã mở hầu bao ủng hộ cuộc lạc quyên. (The community opened their purses to support the fundraising drive.)