Definition

1. Noun:

   • Leapfrog: A children's game in which players take turns to vault over each other's backs while they are bent over.

2. Verb:

   • To play leapfrog: To perform the action of jumping over someone who is bent over, as in the game.
   • To overtake or surpass by skipping a stage: Used metaphorically to describe bypassing something in a sequence to get ahead.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Bọn trẻ đang chơi nhảy cừu trong sân. (The children are playing leapfrog in the yard.)
  • Nhảy cừu là một trò chơi vận động phổ biến. (Leapfrog is a popular physical game.)

• Verb:

  • Nó nhảy cừu qua lưng bạn mình một cách dễ dàng. (He easily leapfrogged over his friend's back.)
  • Công ty này muốn nhảy cừu đối thủ bằng công nghệ mới. (This company wants to leapfrog its competitor with new technology.)

Advanced Usage

• "nhảy cừu qua đầu": To leapfrog over someone's head; often used metaphorically to mean to surpass someone significantly.
  • Họ đã nhảy cừu qua đầu các đối thủ để giành vị trí dẫn đầu. (They leapfrogged over their competitors to take the lead.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhảy qua (Verb): To jump over.
  • Con chó nhảy qua hàng rào. (The dog jumped over the fence.)
• Trò chơi nhảy (Noun Phrase): Jumping game.
  • Có nhiều trò chơi nhảy cho trẻ em. (There are many jumping games for children.)

Synonyms

• Vượt qua (Verb): To overcome, to surpass.
  • Vượt qua khó khăn. (To overcome difficulties.)
• Bỏ qua (Verb Phrase): To skip, to omit.
  • Bỏ qua một bước. (To skip a step.)

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Nhảy lên (Verb Phrase): To jump up.
  • Nhảy lên vì vui sướng. (To jump up for joy.)
• Nhảy xuống (Verb Phrase): To jump down.
  • Nhảy xuống từ bức tường. (To jump down from the wall.)

Related Idioms

• Nhảy cóc (Idiom): Literally "toad jumping"; used similarly to mean skipping stages or acting in a disorderly, haphazard manner.
  • Làm việc kiểu nhảy cóc thì không hiệu quả. (Working in a haphazard, leapfrog style is not effective.)

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