Definition

1. Verb:
   • To draw lots: To select one or more items, typically slips of paper or tickets, from a container in a random manner to determine a winner, assign a task, or make a decision by chance.
   • To hold a draw / a lottery: The process of conducting a random selection, often for prizes, rights, or duties.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chúng tôi sẽ rút thăm để chọn người đi đầu tiên. (We will draw lots to choose who goes first.)
  • Công ty rút thăm để tìm ra người trúng thưởng. (The company held a draw to find the prize winner.)
  • Họ rút thăm phân chia công việc. (They drew lots to divide the tasks.)

Advanced Usage

• "rút thăm trúng thưởng": to draw a winning lot; to be selected as a winner in a lottery or draw.
  • Cô ấy rút thăm trúng thưởng một chuyến du lịch. (She drew the winning lot for a trip.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bốc thăm (v): to draw lots; a synonym often used interchangeably with "rút thăm."

  • Hãy bốc thăm một tờ giấy từ trong hộp. (Please draw a piece of paper from the box.)

• Xổ số (n): lottery; a game of chance where numbered tickets are sold and winners are selected by a random draw.

  • Anh ấy mua vé xổ số mỗi tuần. (He buys a lottery ticket every week.)

Synonyms

• Draw lots: To decide something by making a random selection.
• Hold a draw: To conduct a lottery.
• Pick at random: To choose without method or conscious decision.

Related Idioms

• Ăn may như rút thăm: To be as lucky as winning a draw; to rely on pure, random luck.
  • Thắng kiểu đó chẳng khác nào ăn may như rút thăm. (Winning like that is no different from being as lucky as drawing the winning lot.)