lọt
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Verb:
- To fall into / to slip into: To enter or pass through a narrow or confined space, often unintentionally or stealthily.
- To pass through / to filter through: To go through an opening, barrier, or sieve.
- To qualify / to make it through: To successfully pass a test, selection, or competitive stage.
- To leak out / to be revealed: For information or secrets to become known unintentionally.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Gió lọt qua khe cửa. (The wind slips through the door crack.)
- Anh ấy đã lọt vào vòng chung kết. (He qualified for the finals.)
- Tin tức đã lọt ra ngoài. (The news leaked out.)
Advanced Usage
"lọt vào tay (ai)": to fall into (someone's) hands.
- Tài liệu mật đã lọt vào tay đối thủ. (The secret documents fell into the competitor's hands.)
"để lọt": to let slip, to allow to pass through or leak.
- Thủ môn để lọt lưới một bàn. (The goalkeeper let in a goal.)
Variants and Related Words
Lọt lòng (v): to be born (literary/formal).
- Đứa trẻ lọt lòng vào sáng sớm. (The child was born early in the morning.)
Lọt tai (v): to sound pleasant to the ear.
- Lời nói ấy không lọt tai. (Those words don't sound pleasant.)
Synonyms
- Infiltrate: to enter secretly.
- Pass: to succeed in a test.
- Leak: (for information) to become known.
Related Idioms
Đầu xuôi đuôi lọt: A good beginning makes a good ending; if the start goes well, the rest will follow smoothly.
- Dự án khởi đầu thuận lợi, đầu xuôi đuôi lọt mà. (The project started smoothly; a good start promises a good end.)
Không chui lọt: To be unacceptable or impossible to justify (literally: cannot crawl through).
- Lý do của anh ta nghe không chui lọt. (His reason sounds unacceptable.)
verb
- to fall into
- lọt vào tay người nàoto fall into someone's hand