Definition

1. Verb:
   • To disturb, to disrupt: To interfere with the normal, peaceful, or orderly state of something, causing confusion or interruption.
   • To harass, to pester: To bother or annoy someone persistently, often in a way that disrupts their activities.
   • To sabotage, to derange: To deliberately cause malfunction or disorder in a system, plan, or event.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đừng phá rối khi tôi đang làm việc. (Do not disturb me while I am working.)
  • Một nhóm người đã cố gắng phá rối buổi hòa nhạc. (A group of people tried to disrupt the concert.)
  • Máy tính bị phá rối bởi virus. (The computer was sabotaged by a virus.)

Advanced Usage

• Military/Tactical Context: To harass or disrupt enemy forces.
  • Lực lượng du kích có nhiệm vụ phá rối hậu phương địch. (The guerrilla force's mission is to harass the enemy's rear.)
• Parliamentary/Procedural Context: To obstruct proceedings.
  • Một số nghị sĩ dùng chiến thuật phá rối nghị trường. (Some legislators use tactics to obstruct the parliament.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phá rối trật tự (verb phrase): To disturb public order.
  • Hành vi phá rối trật tự sẽ bị xử phạt. (Acts disturbing public order will be penalized.)
• Kẻ phá rối (noun): A troublemaker, a disruptor.
  • Cảnh sát đã đuổi những kẻ phá rối ra khỏi khu vực. (The police removed the troublemakers from the area.)

Synonyms

• Disturb: To interrupt the quiet, rest, or peace of.
• Disrupt: To cause disorder or turmoil in.
• Harass: To annoy or trouble persistently.
• Sabotage: To deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Phá rối cuộc vui: To spoil the fun, to be a party pooper.
  • Đừng có phá rối cuộc vui của mọi người. (Don't spoil everyone's fun.)
• Có tính phá rối: To have a disruptive nature.
  • Đứa trẻ đó rất có tính phá rối. (That child has a very disruptive nature.)

verb

1. to disturb, to harass, to derange
   • phá rối trật tự
     to disturb order