lui
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Verb:
- To move backwards; to retreat; to step back: The primary meaning refers to physically moving in a reverse direction, away from a point or from an opponent.
- To subside; to abate; to recede: Used to describe the diminishing intensity of something, such as a fever, illness, or epidemic.
- To postpone; to defer; to delay: To move an event or date to a later time.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Xe tải phải lui lại để nhường đường. (The truck had to reverse to give way.)
- Cơn đau đầu của tôi đã lui. (My headache has subsided.)
- Hội nghị đã bị lui lại đến tháng tới. (The conference was postponed until next month.)
Advanced Usage
"lui binh" / "lui quân": to withdraw troops; to retreat militarily.
- Tướng lệnh cho quân đội lui về vị trí phòng thủ. (The general ordered the army to retreat to defensive positions.)
"lui về": to retire to; to withdraw to (a place, often for privacy or rest).
- Sau bữa tối, ông ấy lui về phòng đọc sách. (After dinner, he retired to his study.)
Variants and Related Words
Lui lại (v): to move back; to step back. Often used as a command or instruction.
- Lui lại một chút! (Step back a little!)
Lui tới (v): to visit or frequent a place (literally "to go back and forth").
- Anh ấy thường lui tới quán cà phê này. (He often frequents this coffee shop.)
Synonyms
- Retreat: to move back from a position.
- Subside: to become less intense or severe.
- Postpone: to arrange for something to occur at a later time.
- Recede: to move back or away.
Related Idioms
- Lui một bước, tiến một trường: To retreat one step to advance a mile. Similar to the concept of taking a step back to gain a better position for a much greater advance.
- Đôi khi trong đàm phán, cần biết "lui một bước, tiến một trường". (Sometimes in negotiation, one must know how to "retreat one step to advance a mile.")
noun
verb
- to move back; to fall back
- lui lại một bướcto fall back a paco. to abate
- cơn sốt rét đã luithe fit of malaria has abated. to retire
- lui về phòngto retired to one's room