nhớ chừng
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Definition
- Phrase:
- To remember vaguely / to recall approximately: To have an incomplete, imprecise, or hazy memory of something; to remember the general idea or a rough approximation of details rather than the exact facts.
Usage Examples
- Phrase:
- Tôi chỉ nhớ chừng là cuộc họp bắt đầu lúc 2 giờ. (I only vaguely remember that the meeting started at 2 o'clock.)
- Cô ấy nhớ chừng đã để chìa khóa trên bàn. (She roughly recalls leaving the keys on the table.)
- Anh ấy trả lời dựa trên những gì nhớ chừng từ khóa học. (He answered based on what he vaguely remembered from the course.)
Advanced Usage
- This phrase is often used to express uncertainty about a memory. It is common in spoken Vietnamese to soften a statement when one is not entirely sure of the accuracy of their recollection.
Variants and Related Words
Nhớ mang máng (phrase): to have a faint or dim memory; very similar in meaning to "nhớ chừng."
- Tôi nhớ mang máng khuôn mặt của người đó. (I have a faint memory of that person's face.)
Nhớ lờ mờ (phrase): to remember indistinctly or blurrily.
- Chuyện đã lâu nên tôi chỉ nhớ lờ mờ. (It was a long time ago, so I only remember it indistinctly.)
Synonyms
- Recall vaguely
- Remember roughly
- Have a hazy recollection
Related Idioms
- Nhớ chẳng chừng: An emphatic form meaning "to not remember at all" or "to have absolutely no clear memory."
- Chuyện ngày xưa, tôi nhớ chẳng chừng nữa. (Regarding that old story, I don't remember it at all anymore.)
- Remember vaguely, remember approximately