Definitions

1. Verb:
   • To check, to review, to verify: To examine something carefully again to ensure accuracy, completeness, or correctness.
   • To skim, to glide lightly over: To move something slowly and lightly over a surface.
   • To run in (a new engine): To operate a new engine carefully at varying speeds to allow its parts to adjust to each other.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy cần rà kế hoạch một lần nữa. (He needs to check the plan one more time.)
  • Phi công rà máy bay sát mặt đất. (The pilot skimmed the plane close to the ground.)
  • Sau khi mua xe mới, bạn nên rà máy cẩn thận. (After buying a new car, you should run in the engine carefully.)

Advanced Usage

• "rà soát": to scrutinize, to review systematically.
  • Ban kiểm toán tiến hành rà soát toàn bộ sổ sách. (The audit committee conducted a systematic review of all the books.)
• "rà phanh": to bed in brakes (to gently use new brakes to condition them).
  • Lái xe mới cần một quãng đường để rà phanh. (A new car needs some distance to bed in the brakes.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rà soát (v): to scrutinize, to examine in detail.
• Rà mìn (v): to sweep for mines.
• Rà lưỡi (v): to lightly wipe/clean the tongue (a medical/hygiene action).
• Thời kỳ rà máy (n): the running-in/break-in period (for an engine).

Synonyms

• Kiểm tra (v): to check, to inspect.
• Xem xét lại (v): to review, to reconsider.
• Lướt qua (v): to skim over, to glide over.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Rà đi rà lại: to go over something repeatedly.
  • Cô ấy rà đi rà lại bản thảo để tìm lỗi. (She went over the manuscript repeatedly to find errors.)
• Rà đến, rà tới: to scan/search until finding (a target in a list or area).
  • Anh ta rà đến tên mình trong danh sách. (He scanned down the list until he found his name.)

Related Idioms

• Rà như rà mìn: to check as meticulously as sweeping for mines (to check with extreme caution and thoroughness).
  • Trước khi phát hành, phần mềm được kiểm tra rà như rà mìn. (Before release, the software was checked as meticulously as sweeping for mines.)

1. Check
   • Rà kế hoạch một lần nữa
     To check one's plan once more
   • Rà một bản dịch
     To check a translation
2. Run in (a new engine)