lánh

Thân thiện

Một người đàn ông lánh vào một cửa hàng để tránh cơn mưa.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To avoid; to shun; to steer clear of: The primary meaning of "lánh" is to deliberately stay away from or evade a person, place, or situation considered undesirable, harmful, or troublesome.
   • To take refuge; to shelter: It can also mean to go to a place for safety or protection from danger or difficulty.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy lánh mặt người bạn cũ. (She avoided her old friend.)
  • Dân làng phải lánh vào rừng để tránh lũ. (The villagers had to take refuge in the forest to avoid the flood.)
  • Anh ấy luôn lánh những cuộc tranh cãi. (He always shuns arguments.)

Advanced Usage

• "lánh nạn": to take refuge from disaster; to flee from danger.
  • Họ tìm một nơi để lánh nạn. (They looked for a place to take refuge from the disaster.)
• "lánh đời": to withdraw from the world; to live in seclusion.
  • Nhà thơ ấy sống ẩn dật, lánh đời. (That poet lived in reclusion, withdrawn from the world.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lánh mặt (v): to avoid meeting someone face-to-face.
  • Nó đang lánh mặt chủ nợ. (He is avoiding his creditors.)
• Lánh xa (v): to stay far away from.
  • Hãy lánh xa những kẻ xấu. (Stay away from bad people.)

Synonyms

• Avoid: to keep away from.
• Shun: to persistently avoid.
• Evade: to escape or avoid, especially by cleverness.
• Take shelter: to find a place of safety.

Related Idioms

• Lánh thân: to find a place to shelter oneself.
  • Trong cơn bão, họ phải tìm chỗ lánh thân. (During the storm, they had to find a place to shelter.)
• Đen lánh / Bóng lánh (Adjective - from archaic/regional usage "nhánh"): Used to describe something with a deep, shiny, glossy black or polished appearance.
  • Mái tóc đen lánh. (Glossy black hair.)
  • Đôi giày bóng lánh. (Shiny shoes.)

Học thuật

verb

1. to avoid; to shun
   • lánh nạn
     to shun danger