Definition

1. Verb:
   • To try one's best, to strive, to endeavor: To make a determined and strenuous effort to achieve something, often implying the overcoming of difficulty or fatigue. It conveys a sense of pushing oneself to the limit of one's capacity.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy đang ráng sức học để thi đỗ đại học. (She is striving hard to study to pass the university entrance exam.)
  • Dù rất mệt, anh ấy vẫn ráng sức chạy về đích. (Although very tired, he still tried his best to run to the finish line.)
  • Chúng tôi sẽ ráng sức hoàn thành dự án đúng hạn. (We will endeavor to complete the project on time.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries an emotional nuance of perseverance in the face of hardship or limited strength. It is not used for casual attempts but for serious, wholehearted effort.

Variants and Related Words

• Cố gắng (v): to try, to make an effort. This is a more common and general synonym.
• Nỗ lực (v/n): to strive, to exert oneself; effort. This term is slightly more formal and emphasizes the exertion of strength.
• Gắng sức (v): to exert strength. This is a close synonym, often used interchangeably with "ráng sức."

Synonyms

• Strive: to make great efforts to achieve or obtain something.
• Endeavor: to try hard to do or achieve something.
• Make an effort: to attempt to do something requiring work.

Related Idioms

• Ráng sức chống chọi: to strive to resist or cope (with a difficult situation).
  • Người dân vùng bão đang ráng sức chống chọi với thiên tai. (The people in the storm area are striving to cope with the natural disaster.)

1. Try, endeavour