lật ngược
Definition
Verb:
- To turn over / to flip over: To cause something to move so that the side which was underneath becomes the top side.
- To reverse / to invert: To change the position, order, or direction of something to its opposite.
Verb (figurative):
- To overturn / to subvert: To completely change or undermine a situation, argument, or established order.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cô ấy lật ngược chiếc bánh trong chảo. (She flipped the pancake over in the pan.)
- Đừng lật ngược trình tự các bước. (Don't reverse the order of the steps.)
- Verb (figurative):
- Bản tường trình mới lật ngược hoàn toàn vụ án. (The new report completely overturned the case.)
Advanced Usage
- "lật ngược tình thế": to turn the tables, to reverse a situation.
- Đội khách lật ngược tình thế với hai bàn thắng cuối. (The away team turned the tables with two late goals.)
- "lật ngược vấn đề": to turn a problem on its head; to consider an issue from the opposite perspective.
- Chúng ta cần lật ngược vấn đề để tìm giải pháp. (We need to turn the problem on its head to find a solution.)
Variants and Related Words
- Lật (v): to flip, to turn over (a single, often quicker action).
- Anh ấy lật trang sách. (He turned the page of the book.)
- Ngược (adj/adv): opposite, reverse, contrary.
- Anh đi ngược chiều. (He is going in the opposite direction.)
Synonyms
- Flip over: To turn something over.
- Reverse: To change to an opposite direction, position, or order.
- Overturn: To cause the downfall or invalidation of something.
Related Idioms
- Lật ngược như bánh tráng: To flip over as easily as a rice paper (to describe something very easy to overturn or a very quick reversal).
- Tình thế có thể lật ngược như bánh tráng. (The situation can be reversed in an instant.)