ngừng bước

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Definition

1. 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.)

Học thuật

1. Stop advancing, stop [going], come to a stop