Definition

1. Verb (archaic):
   • To surrender: To cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority, typically by laying down arms. This term is now considered old-fashioned.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Sau trận đánh ác liệt, quân địch đã lai hàng. (After the fierce battle, the enemy troops surrendered.)
  • Tướng giặc buộc phải lai hàng. (The enemy general was forced to surrender.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "lai hàng" is primarily found in historical or literary contexts describing past conflicts. In modern Vietnamese, "đầu hàng" is the standard term for "to surrender."

Variants and Related Words

• Đầu hàng (v): to surrender (modern standard term).
  • Họ quyết định đầu hàng vô điều kiện. (They decided to surrender unconditionally.)

Synonyms

• Surrender: To stop fighting and admit defeat.
• Capitulate: To cease resistance formally.
• Yield: To give way under pressure.

Related Idioms

• Giơ tay đầu hàng / Giơ tay lên đầu hàng: To raise one's hands in surrender (a literal and figurative idiom).
  • Trước sự thuyết phục của cô ấy, tôi đành giơ tay đầu hàng. (Convinced by her arguments, I had to raise my hands in surrender.)

1. (cũ) Surrender