phủ đầu
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Definition
Adjective:
- Preventive, pre-emptive: Describes an action taken to gain an initial advantage or to neutralize a potential threat before it fully materializes or before the opposing side can prepare.
- Premonitory, warning: Describes an action that serves as an initial warning or admonishment.
Verb (used in the structure "đánh/mắng phủ đầu"):
- To pre-empt, to strike first: To act first to overwhelm or gain a psychological advantage from the very beginning, before the opponent is ready.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Đó là một đòn phủ đầu hiệu quả. (That was an effective pre-emptive strike.)
- Lời mắng phủ đầu của ông chủ khiến nhân viên im bặt. (The boss's initial warning shout made the employee fall silent.)
Verb (in compound structure):
- Đội nhà cố gắng đánh phủ đầu ngay từ phút đầu tiên. (The home team tried to strike first from the very first minute.)
- Anh ấy mắng phủ đầu tôi trước khi tôi kịp giải thích. (He berated me pre-emptively before I could explain.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is most commonly used in strategic, competitive, or conflict contexts. It implies a tactical move to seize initiative and control the situation's narrative or momentum from the outset.
- It often carries a nuance of surprise and psychological dominance.
Variants and Related Words
- Đòn phủ đầu (n): A pre-emptive blow/strike.
- Chiến dịch quảng cáo đó là một đòn phủ đầu vào đối thủ. (That advertising campaign was a pre-emptive strike against the competitor.)
Synonyms
- Pre-emptive: Taken as a measure against a possible future event.
- Preventive: Designed to prevent something from happening.
- Initial warning: A caution given at the beginning.
Related Idioms and Phrases
Đánh phủ đầu: To launch a pre-emptive attack.
- Trong tranh luận, cô ấy thường đánh phủ đầu bằng một câu hỏi khó. (In debates, she often pre-empts with a difficult question.)
Mắng phủ đầu: To scold or rebuke someone immediately as a first action, often as a warning.
- Thấy con đi học muộn, mẹ mắng phủ đầu ngay ở cửa. (Seeing her child come home from school late, the mother scolded him pre-emptively right at the door.)