Definition

1. Verb:
   • To admonish, to advise earnestly: "Răn bảo" means to give someone advice or a warning, often with a serious and instructive tone, typically from a position of authority or greater experience (like a parent, teacher, or elder). It implies teaching a moral lesson or correcting behavior to prevent future mistakes.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cha mẹ thường răn bảo con cái phải sống lương thiện. (Parents often admonish their children to live honestly.)
  • Cô giáo răn bảo học sinh không được nói dối. (The teacher admonished the students not to lie.)
  • Ông ấy răn bảo tôi phải cẩn thận trong công việc. (He advised me earnestly to be careful in my work.)

Advanced Usage

• "Lời răn bảo": An admonition, a piece of earnest advice.
  • Tôi luôn nhớ những lời răn bảo của thầy giáo cũ. (I always remember the admonitions from my old teacher.)

Variants and Related Words

• Răn dạy (verb): To teach and admonish (similar to "răn bảo" but can sound slightly more formal or literary).
  • Sách này răn dạy nhiều điều hay lẽ phải. (This book teaches and admonishes many good principles.)
• Khuyên bảo (verb): To advise, to counsel (has a softer, more gentle connotation than "răn bảo").
  • Anh ấy khuyên bảo tôi nên nghỉ ngơi. (He advised me to rest.)
• Cảnh báo (verb): To warn (focuses more on alerting about danger rather than moral instruction).
  • Biển báo cảnh báo nguy hiểm phía trước. (The sign warns of danger ahead.)

Synonyms

• Khuyên răn: To admonish, to exhort (a close synonym, often used interchangeably with "răn bảo").
• Dạy bảo: To teach and instruct.

Related Phrases

• Nghe lời răn bảo: To heed/listen to someone's admonition.
  • Nó không chịu nghe lời răn bảo nên mới hỏng việc. (He didn't heed the admonition, so he failed.)

1. Admonish, advise