lui tới
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Definition
- 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.)
- Frequent
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