ngừng bước
Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To stop advancing: To cease moving forward, especially while walking or traveling.
- To come to a stop: To halt one's progress or movement completely.
- To pause: To make a temporary stop during a journey or course of action.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Trước cảnh đẹp, chúng tôi ngừng bước. (Before the beautiful scenery, we stopped.)
- Anh ấy ngừng bước trước cổng nhà. (He came to a stop in front of the house gate.)
- Đoàn leo núi phải ngừng bước vì thời tiết xấu. (The climbing expedition had to stop because of bad weather.)
Advanced Usage
- Used metaphorically to indicate stopping a pursuit, activity, or process.
- Công ty đã ngừng bước trong việc phát triển sản phẩm mới. (The company has halted its development of the new product.)
Variants and Related Words
- Ngừng chân (verb phrase): A near-synonymous phrase also meaning to stop or pause, often during a journey.
- Họ ngừng chân tại một quán nhỏ ven đường. (They stopped at a small roadside stall.)
Synonyms
- Halt: To bring or come to an abrupt stop.
- Stop: To cease moving or proceeding.
- Pause: To interrupt action or movement temporarily.
Related Idioms
- Ngừng bước chân: An emphatic form with the same core meaning.
- Sự cố bất ngờ buộc chúng tôi phải ngừng bước chân. (The unexpected incident forced us to stop in our tracks.)
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Stop advancing, stop [going], come to a stop
