Definition

1. Verb:
   • To spread: To distribute or lay something over a surface in an even or scattered manner.
   • To scatter: To throw or drop things so that they are separated over a wide area.
   • To lay (a layer): To place a covering material onto a surface, often in a uniform layer.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Người nông dân rải hạt giống trên cánh đồng. (The farmer scatters seeds across the field.)
  • Họ rải cát lên đường đóng băng. (They spread sand on the icy road.)
  • Công nhân đang rải nhựa đường. (The workers are laying asphalt.)

Advanced Usage

• "rải quân": to deploy or disperse troops.

  • Tướng lĩnh ra lệnh rải quân dọc biên giới. (The general ordered troops to be deployed along the border.)

• "rải truyền đơn": to distribute leaflets or flyers.

  • Sinh viên rải truyền đơn kêu gọi bảo vệ môi trường. (Students distributed leaflets calling for environmental protection.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rải rác (adj): scattered, sporadic.
  • Có vài ngôi nhà rải rác trên đồi. (There are a few houses scattered on the hill.)

Synonyms

• Spread: To open or arrange over a surface.
• Scatter: To throw loosely about.
• Disperse: To distribute or spread over a wide area.

Related Idioms

• Rải của cải: To squander wealth (literally, to scatter one's assets).
  • Anh ta nhanh chóng rải của cải vào những trò vô bổ. (He quickly squandered his wealth on worthless pursuits.)

Different Meanings

• Verb (Ichthyology):
  • To spawn: (Of fish) to release eggs. This is a specialized, less common usage.
  • Mùa xuân là mùa cá rải. (Spring is the season when fish spawn.)

verb

1. to spread; to scatter; to lay
   • rải thảm
     to lay a carpet