Definition

1. Verb:
   • To loosen: To make something less tight or less firmly fixed, often by adjusting it slightly.
   • To ease; to slacken: To reduce tension, strictness, or intensity in a situation, rule, or object.
   • To widen; to make larger: To increase the size or capacity of something, typically clothing, by a small amount.
   • To lower (a price) slightly: To reduce a cost or price by a small margin.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy nới thắt lưng sau bữa ăn. (He loosened his belt after the meal.)
  • Chính phủ quyết định nới lỏng các quy định. (The government decided to ease the regulations.)
  • Cô ấy phải nới chiếc áo vì nó quá chật. (She had to widen the shirt because it was too tight.)
  • Cửa hàng đã nới giá cho mặt hàng này. (The store lowered the price for this item slightly.)

Advanced Usage

• "nới lỏng": to loosen, to relax (often used for rules, policies, or control).

  • Công ty nới lỏng chính sách làm việc từ xa. (The company relaxed its remote work policy.)

• "nới rộng": to expand, to enlarge (often used for physical space or scope).

  • Họ dự định nới rộng căn nhà. (They plan to enlarge the house.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nới ra (v): to loosen out, to make looser/wider.
  • Bạn cần nới ra chỗ buộc này. (You need to loosen this knot.)

Synonyms

• Loosen: To make less tight.
• Slacken: To reduce in tension or speed.
• Relax: To make a rule or atmosphere less strict.
• Widen: To make broader.

Related Idioms

• Có mới nới cũ: (Literally: To have new, to loosen the old) To neglect or abandon the old when one has something new.
  • Đừng có mới nới cũ, hãy trân trọng những gì mình đang có. (Don't neglect the old for the new; cherish what you have.)

verb

1. to loosen ; to ease; to slacken