nhổ trại
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Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To strike camp / to break camp: To pack up all equipment and belongings and depart from a temporary campsite. This is the primary and literal meaning.
- To decamp: To leave a camp or place of temporary residence.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Sáng sớm, đoàn thám hiểm bắt đầu nhổ trại để tiếp tục hành trình. (Early in the morning, the expedition began to strike camp to continue their journey.)
- Sau ba ngày cắm trại bên hồ, chúng tôi phải nhổ trại về nhà. (After three days of camping by the lake, we had to break camp and go home.)
- Lệnh được đưa ra: nhổ trại ngay lập tức! (The order was given: decamp immediately!)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase is used almost exclusively in the context of leaving a literal campsite used for activities like hiking, scouting, or military bivouacs. It implies a coordinated packing and departure.
Variants and Related Words
- Cắm trại (v): to camp, to pitch a camp. This is the direct opposite action.
- Chúng tôi sẽ cắm trại ở chân núi. (We will camp at the foot of the mountain.)
Synonyms
- Break camp: The most direct synonym.
- Strike camp: A formal synonym.
- Decamp: A more formal or literary term meaning to leave a camp or place suddenly.
Related Idioms
- While "nhổ trại" itself is not typically part of a broader idiom, it can be used figuratively in casual speech to mean leaving a temporary gathering spot quickly.
- Ăn xong mọi người nhổ trại hết, không ai ở lại dọn dẹp. (After eating, everyone decamped; no one stayed to clean up.)
- Strike (break up) camp