lủi
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Definition
- Verb:
- To slip away / to sneak off: To leave quickly and quietly, often to avoid being seen or noticed.
- To dart into / to duck into: To move swiftly into a hiding place, such as bushes or a hole.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Thấy chủ về, con chó lủi mất. (Seeing the owner return, the dog slipped away.)
- Con cáo lủi vào hang. (The fox darted into its burrow.)
- Nó xấu hổ nên lủi đi mất. (He was ashamed so he sneaked off.)
Advanced Usage
- The word often implies a swift, furtive, or secretive movement to hide or escape.
- It can be used for both people and animals.
Variants and Related Words
- Lủi mất (v): to have slipped away (emphasizes the completed action of disappearing).
- Tên trộm đã lủi mất trước khi cảnh sát tới. (The thief had slipped away before the police arrived.)
- Lủi thủi (adj): describes a state of being alone, solitary, or lonely (a separate, reduplicated word).
- Nó đi lủi thủi một mình. (He walked alone and solitary.)
Synonyms
- To slink away: to move stealthily.
- To scurry away: to move quickly with short steps.
- To vanish: to disappear suddenly.
Related Idioms
- Lủi như chuột: to disappear like a mouse (to vanish very quickly and quietly).
- Nghe tiếng động, nó lủi như chuột. (Hearing the noise, he vanished like a mouse.)