quách
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Definition
- Adverb:
- To get it over with, to be done with it: Used to express the speaker's desire to quickly finish or dispose of something, often with a sense of impatience, annoyance, or finality. It implies an action taken to resolve or eliminate a bothersome matter.
- Noun:
- Sarcophagus, outer coffin: A stone coffin, often decorated and inscribed, used in ancient times to hold a coffin and the mummy. In a Vietnamese context, it can refer to the outer layer of a coffin.
Usage Examples
- Adverb:
- Tôi mệt quá, ngủ quách một giấc cho khỏe. (I'm so tired, I'll just sleep to get it over with and feel better.)
- Ăn quách miếng bánh này đi kẻo hỏng. (Just eat this piece of cake to be done with it before it spoils.)
- Noun:
- Các nhà khảo cổ đã tìm thấy một chiếc quách bằng đá trong lăng mộ. (Archaeologists found a stone sarcophagus in the tomb.)
- Chiếc quan tài được đặt trong một chiếc quách lớn. (The coffin was placed inside a large outer coffin.)
Advanced Usage
- Used for emphasis in imperative or suggestive sentences: The adverb "quách" adds a strong, sometimes brusque, tone of urgency or resolution to a suggestion or command.
- Nói quách sự thật ra đi! (Just tell the truth and be done with it!)
- Bán quách mảnh đất ấy đi cho xong. (Just sell that plot of land to be finished with it.)
Variants and Related Words
- Quách quách (adv): A reduplicated form, sometimes used for added emphasis on the immediacy or rashness of the action.
- Anh ấy uống quách quách một hơi hết ly bia. (He downed the glass of beer in one go to be done with it.)
- Áo quan (n): Coffin. This is the more common, standard word for coffin, while "quách" as a noun is more specific or literary.
Synonyms
- Adverb: Cho xong, cho rồi, một thể. (To finish it, to be done with it, all at once.)
- Noun: Sarcophagus, outer coffin, stone coffin.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Làm quách đi: A common phrase meaning "Just do it (and be done)."
- Sợ gì, làm quách đi! (What are you afraid of? Just do it!)
Related Idioms
- Quẳng/quăng/quất quách đi: Idiomatic phrases meaning "to throw away/discard something to be rid of it." They emphasize disposal.
- Đồ cũ rích rồi, quẳng quách nó đi. (It's completely old, just throw it away.)
- Ăn quách nói quách: To speak bluntly and directly without concern for politeness or consequence.
- Tính anh ấy ăn quách nói quách, đôi khi mất lòng người khác. (He has a blunt way of speaking, which sometimes offends people.)
- Sarcophagus, outer coffin
- In order To have done with it
- Đốt quách quyển sách dở ấy cho xongTo burn that bad book and have done with it