ra trận
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Definition
Verb phrase:
- To go to the front / To go into battle: The primary meaning refers to soldiers or military units leaving their base or position to enter a battlefield or combat zone.
- To take the field (in sports): Used metaphorically to describe a sports team or player entering the field of play to compete in a match.
Verb phrase (figurative):
- To step up to a challenge / To enter the fray: Used broadly for anyone beginning a difficult task, entering a competition, or confronting a significant challenge, similar to a soldier going to battle.
Usage Examples
Verb phrase (military):
- Đơn vị đã sẵn sàng ra trận. (The unit is ready to go to the front.)
- Người lính trẻ lần đầu ra trận. (The young soldier went into battle for the first time.)
Verb phrase (sports/figurative):
- Đội tuyển Việt Nam ra trận với tinh thần quyết thắng. (The Vietnamese national team took the field with a determined winning spirit.)
- Cô ấy ra trận trong kỳ thi quan trọng. (She stepped up to the challenge of the important exam.)
Advanced Usage
- "ra trận với tinh thần cao": to go into battle/enter the competition with high morale.
- Các cầu thủ ra trận với tinh thần cao nhất. (The players took the field with the highest morale.)
Variants and Related Words
Lâm trận (v): to be engaged in battle, to be in the thick of fighting.
- Đội quân đang lâm trận ác liệt. (The army is engaged in fierce battle.)
Xuất trận (v): to deploy to battle, to go out to fight (often more formal/literary).
- Vị tướng ra lệnh cho quân đội xuất trận. (The general ordered the army to deploy to battle.)
Synonyms
- To deploy: to move troops into position for military action.
- To take the field: to go onto the playing field (sports) or battlefield.
- To enter the competition: to begin participating in a contest.
Related Idioms
Ăn no ra trận: Literally "to eat one's fill before going to battle." Means to prepare thoroughly before undertaking a big task.
- Chúng ta cần chuẩn bị kỹ, ăn no ra trận. (We need to prepare thoroughly, like eating our fill before going to battle.)
Ra trận không mang theo khiên: Literally "to go into battle without a shield." Means to face a challenge unprepared or vulnerable.
- Đi phỏng vấn mà không nghiên cứu là ra trận không mang theo khiên. (Going to an interview without research is like going into battle without a shield.)
- Go to the front