Definition

Verb: - To shake, to cause to become unsteady or unstable: The core meaning refers to the action of applying force to make something physically move back and forth or side to side, or to metaphorically weaken its stability, foundation, or resolve. - To shake, to rock, to unsettle: It describes causing a strong disturbance that threatens the firm position, belief, power, or structure of someone or something.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Sức gió mạnh lay chuyển những cây cổ thụ. (The strong wind shook the ancient trees.)
  • Những lời buộc tội đã lay chuyển niềm tin của công chúng vào chính phủ. (The accusations shook public trust in the government.)
  • Không có khó khăn nào có thể lay chuyển được quyết tâm của chúng tôi. (No difficulty can shake our determination.)

Advanced Usage

• "lay chuyển quyền lực/uy tín của ai": to shake/undermine someone's power/authority.

  • Vụ bê bối đó đã lay chuyển uy tín của vị bộ trưởng. (That scandal shook the minister's credibility.)

• "không gì lay chuyển nổi": unshakable, immovable, indestructible.

  • Tình bạn của họ là không gì lay chuyển nổi. (Their friendship is unshakable.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lay (verb): to shake, to move something from side to side. Often used in combination with other words (e.g., , ).
• Chuyển (verb): to move, to change, to transfer. In , it intensifies the meaning of causing a significant shift or movement.
• Lay động (verb): to move, to stir (often emotionally). ( - The speech stirred people's hearts.)
• Rung chuyển (verb): to shake violently, to convulse. ( - The earthquake convulsed the entire city.)

Synonyms

• Rung chuyển: to convulse, to shake violently (often stronger in physical sense).
• Lắc: to shake (more general and often for smaller, manual actions).
• Làm lung lay: to cause to wobble, to make unstable.
• Làm suy yếu: to weaken (focuses on the result of reducing strength/stability).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As a compound verb, 'lay chuyển' itself functions as a unit. Here are common collocations: - Lay chuyển tận gốc rễ: to shake to the very foundations. - Cuộc khủng hoảng lay chuyển tận gốc rễ nền kinh tế. (The crisis shook the economy to its very foundations.)

Related Idioms

• Lay trời chuyển đất: (literally: to shake the heavens and move the earth) describes an event of enormous, world-shaking magnitude.
  • Đó là một sự kiện lay trời chuyển đất trong lịch sử. (It was a world-shaking event in history.)

verb

1. to shake