Definition

1. Verb:
   • To frequent: To visit a place or person regularly and habitually.
   • To associate with: To have regular social contact or interaction with someone.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Họ vẫn lui tới với nhau mấy chục năm nay. (They have still been frequenting each other for decades.)
  • Anh ấy thường lui tới thư viện vào cuối tuần. (He often frequents the library on weekends.)
  • Cô ấy không nên lui tới những nơi đó. (She should not frequent those places.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase often implies a sense of habitual movement or social exchange. It can carry a neutral, positive, or sometimes slightly negative connotation depending on context (e.g., frequenting a place of ill repute).

Variants and Related Words

• Lui tới lui lui (v): An intensified, colloquial form meaning to visit or associate with very frequently.
• Qua lại (v): To go back and forth; to have reciprocal contact. This is a close synonym but can be slightly broader.

Synonyms

• Frequent: To visit often.
• Visit regularly: To go to see repeatedly.
• Associate with: To spend time with socially.
• Haunt: To frequent a place persistently (can have a negative or ghostly connotation).

Related Idioms

• Lui tới nơi lui tới chốn: To frequent a place properly and regularly, implying a stable, committed pattern of visitation or association.
  • Công việc yêu cầu anh phải lui tới nơi lui tới chốn với khách hàng. (The job requires him to associate with clients properly and regularly.)

1. Frequent
   • họ vẫn lui tới với nhau mấy chục năm nay
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