lôi

Thân thiện

Một người đàn ông lôi một bao gạo nặng trên sàn nhà.

Definition

Verb: 1. To pull, to drag: To exert force on a person or object to cause movement towards oneself or along a surface, often with a sense of effort, resistance, or lack of gentleness. 2. To haul, to tug: To move something heavy or resistant by pulling it forcefully.

Usage Examples

• (He dragged the heavy suitcase out of the room.)
• (Don't pull the child's arm like that!)
• (The police hauled the criminal out of the car.)
• (She dragged the rug out to the yard to beat the dust out.)

Advanced Usage

• "lôi ra": To pull/drag something out (from a container, a place, or a state of concealment).
  • Nó lôi ra một tập tài liệu dày từ trong ngăn kéo. (He pulled out a thick file from the drawer.)
• "lôi vào": To pull/drag someone/something into (a situation, a place, often unwillingly).
  • Đừng lôi tôi vào cuộc tranh cãi của các anh. (Don't drag me into your argument.)
• "lôi kéo": To pull/draw someone in, to recruit or entice (often used figuratively for influencing people).
  • Hắn ta tìm cách lôi kéo thanh niên vào tổ chức phản động. (He tried to recruit young people into the reactionary organization.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lôi thôi (adj): Troublesome, complicated, messy (often describing a situation). (This work is so messy/complicated.)
• Kéo lôi (verb): A compound verb emphasizing the pulling/dragging action. (We had to haul the broken-down car to the roadside.)

Synonyms

• Kéo: To pull (a more general term, can be gentler).
• Kéo lê: To drag along (emphasizes contact with the ground).
• Lê: To drag oneself or something slowly and with difficulty.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Lôi ra đánh: To drag someone out and beat them.
  • Bố nó tức giận, lôi nó ra đánh một trận. (His father was angry and dragged him out for a beating.)
• Lôi thụt: To pull in and out repeatedly (like a piston); colloquially, to be indecisive, to procrastinate.
  • Dự án cứ bị lôi thụt mãi không xong. (The project keeps dragging on and on without completion.)

Related Idioms

• Lôi cổ: To drag by the neck (figuratively, to force someone to do something).
  • Nó không muốn đi, tôi phải lôi cổ nó đến bữa tiệc. (He didn't want to go, I had to drag him by the neck to the party.)
• Lôi đầu lôi cổ: (Similar to "lôi cổ") To drag forcefully and unceremoniously.
  • Nó bị lôi đầu lôi cổ ra khỏi quán bar. (He was forcibly dragged out of the bar.)

Học thuật

verb

1. to pull, to drag