Definition

1. Intransitive Verb:
   • To bud, to sprout, to germinate: Refers to the process where a plant begins to grow, producing new buds, shoots, or leaves.
   • To develop, to flourish, to blossom (figuratively): Used metaphorically to describe the emergence, growth, or flourishing of abstract things like talents, ideas, feelings, or movements.

Usage Examples

• Intransitive Verb:
  • Mùa xuân đến, trăm hoa đua nhau nảy nở. (Spring arrives, a hundred flowers compete to bloom.)
  • Tình yêu của họ đã nảy nở từ tình bạn. (Their love blossomed from friendship.)
  • Tài năng của cậu ấy mới chỉ bắt đầu nảy nở. (His talent has only just begun to bud.)

Advanced Usage

• "nảy nở tư tưởng": for ideas or thoughts to germinate/develop.
  • Những ý tưởng mới luôn nảy nở trong đầu anh ấy. (New ideas are always sprouting in his mind.)
• "nảy nở tình cảm": for feelings to blossom/grow.
  • Tình cảm nảy nở giữa họ thật tự nhiên. (Feelings blossomed between them very naturally.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nảy mầm (verb): To germinate, to sprout (more literal, often for seeds).
  • Hạt giống đã nảy mầm. (The seed has germinated.)
• Đâm chồi nảy lộc (idiomatic phrase): To put forth buds and shoots; signifies vigorous growth and new beginnings.
• Phát triển (verb): To develop, to grow (a more general synonym).
• Bung nở / Nở rộ (verb): To bloom, to burst into bloom (often for flowers, or figuratively for periods of great activity).

Synonyms

• Trổ sinh: To produce, to bring forth (literary).
• Sinh sôi: To multiply, to proliferate (often for living things in large numbers).

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "Nhân tài nảy nở": Talented people emerge/flourish.
  • Đất nước cần một môi trường để nhân tài nảy nở. (The country needs an environment for talents to flourish.)
• "Nảy nở như nấm sau mưa": To sprout/proliferate like mushrooms after rain; to appear rapidly and in great numbers.
  • Các cửa hàng cà phê nảy nở như nấm sau mưa. (Coffee shops are sprouting up like mushrooms after the rain.)

1. Bud, sprout
   • Một thiên tài vừa nảy nở
     A budding genius