Definition

1. Verb:
   • To welcome; to receive ceremonially: To formally and respectfully greet and bring someone, often as part of a ritual, ceremony, or celebration.
   • To invite (colloquial): To politely ask someone to do something, such as eat or drink.
   • To pick up; to fetch (colloquial): To go and collect someone, often using a vehicle.
   • To bring upon oneself; to incur: To be the cause of attracting or receiving something negative or troublesome.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cả làng ra đình để rước thần. (The whole village went to the communal house to welcome the deity.)
  • Mời bác rước nước ạ. (Please, have some tea.)
  • Xe buýt sẽ rước công nhân lúc 6 giờ sáng. (The bus will pick up the workers at 6 a.m.)
  • Anh ấy đã rước lấy rắc rối. (He brought trouble upon himself.)

Advanced Usage

• "rước lấy": This compound emphasizes the act of incurring or bringing something (usually negative) onto oneself.
  • Cô ấy rước lấy bệnh vì làm việc quá sức. (She incurred illness from overworking.)
• "rước lên" (colloquial): To exaggerate or overstate the importance or value of something.
  • Anh rước lên chứ, món này đâu có đắt thế. (You're exaggerating, this item isn't that expensive.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rước dâu (v): To fetch the bride (a key ritual in a traditional Vietnamese wedding).
  • Đoàn rước dâu đã đến cổng. (The bridal procession has arrived at the gate.)
• Rước đón (v): To welcome and receive (someone).
  • Gia đình tôi đã rước đón vị khách một cách nồng nhiệt. (My family warmly welcomed the guest.)

Synonyms

• Welcome: To greet someone hospitably.
• Receive: To accept or take in someone.
• Incur: To become subject to something unpleasant as a result of one's own actions.

Related Idioms

• Rước họa vào thân / Rước họa: To invite disaster upon oneself.
  • Lừa đảo người khác là tự rước họa vào thân. (Scamming others is inviting disaster upon yourself.)
• Rước voi về giày mả tổ: Literally "to bring an elephant home to trample the ancestral graves"; meaning to invite a powerful, uncontrollable force that causes ruin to one's own home or family.

verb

1. to receive; to greet; to welcome