Definition

1. Verb:
   • To turn over, to flip: The primary meaning of "lật" is to change the position of an object so that the opposite side faces up.
   • To capsize, to overturn: "Lật" can describe a boat, vehicle, or other object turning over completely, often accidentally.
   • To renege, to refuse to pay (a debt): In a figurative and informal sense, "lật" means to fail to repay a debt, to go back on a financial promise.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy lật miếng cá trên chảo. (He flips the piece of fish in the pan.)
  • Chiếc thuyền bị lật trong cơn bão. (The boat capsized in the storm.)
  • Hắn đã lật nợ của tôi. (He refused to pay my debt.)

Advanced Usage

• "lật đổ": to overthrow, to topple (a government, regime).
  • Nhóm phiến quân âm mưu lật đổ chính phủ. (The rebel group plotted to overthrow the government.)
• "lật tẩy": to expose, to reveal (a secret, a trick).
  • Nhà báo đã lật tẩy vụ bê bối. (The journalist exposed the scandal.)
• "lật mặt": to turn hostile, to show one's true (negative) colors.
  • Anh ta đột nhiên lật mặt và tấn công đồng đội. (He suddenly turned hostile and attacked his teammates.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lật úp (verb phrase): to turn something upside down, to cover by placing something face down.
  • Cô ấy lật úp cốc xuống bàn. (She turned the cup upside down on the table.)
• Lật ngược (verb phrase): to reverse, to turn something the other way around.
  • Lật ngược tình thế. (To reverse the situation.)
• Lật lọng (verb): to be treacherous, to double-cross. (Note: This is a compound word where "lật" is part of the fixed term).
  • Đừng tin hắn, hắn hay lật lọng. (Don't trust him; he often double-crosses people.)

Synonyms

• Trở (verb): to turn over (often interchangeable with "lật" in the context of flipping an object).
• Chúc ngược (verb phrase): to turn upside down.
• Chối bỏ (verb): to deny, to renege (for the debt meaning).

Related Phrasal Verbs / Verb Phrases

• Lật đi lật lại: to turn over and over, to ponder/rethink repeatedly.
  • Ông ấy lật đi lật lại vấn đề suốt đêm. (He pondered the issue over and over all night.)
• Lật ra: to open up to a page (e.g., a book), to find by searching.
  • Cô giáo lật sách ra trang 50. (The teacher opened the book to page 50.)

Related Idioms

• "Lật như bánh tráng": (To flip/turn over like a rice paper) - Describes something that turns over very easily or quickly, often used for vehicles or boats capsizing.
  • Chiếc xe máy trơn trượt, lật như bánh tráng. (The motorbike slipped and overturned easily.)
• "Lật mặt nạ": (To unmask) - To reveal someone's true, often hypocritical, nature.
  • Bài báo đó đã lật mặt nạ của tên tội phạm. (That article unmasked the criminal.)

verb

1. to turn over; to upturn; to capsize
   • Xe bị lật
     the vechicle was upturned, to refuse to pay
   • hắn lật nợ cô ta
     He refused to pay a debt to her