ruổi
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Definition
Verb: - To move quickly, to hurry, to hasten (on a long path or journey). This is a literary or somewhat archaic term. - To pursue, to go after, to chase (often while riding an animal like a horse).
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Người lữ khách ruổi bước trên con đường dài. (The traveler hastened his steps on the long road.)
- Ruổi ngựa đuổi theo kẻ trộm. (To spur the horse on to chase after the thief.)
Advanced Usage
- "ruổi rong": To roam or travel far and wide, often with a sense of urgency or purpose.
- Ông ấy đã ruổi rong khắp nơi để tìm kiếm tri thức. (He roamed far and wide in search of knowledge.)
- "ruổi theo": To chase after, to pursue (an idea, a goal, a person).
- Đừng ruổi theo những ảo vọng. (Don't chase after illusions.)
Variants and Related Words
- Rong ruổi (verb): To wander, to roam, to travel extensively (often on a long journey). This is a more common compound.
- Họ rong ruổi khắp miền đất nước. (They roamed all over the country.)
- Giục ruổi (verb phrase): To urge to hurry, to press for speed.
- Thời gian giục ruổi. (Time presses on.)
Synonyms
- Vội (verb/adjective): To hurry, to rush; hurried.
- Gấp (adjective/adverb): Urgent, pressing; urgently.
- Đuổi theo (verb phrase): To chase after, to pursue.
- Phi (verb): To gallop (specifically for horses), to speed.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Ruổi bước: To hasten one's steps.
- Trời sắp tối, chúng tôi phải ruổi bước cho kịp. (It's getting dark, we must hasten our steps to make it.)
- Ruổi xe: To drive a vehicle quickly; to hurry along in a vehicle.
- Để kịp giờ, anh ấy ruổi xe trên đường. (To be on time, he sped along the road in his car.)
Related Idioms
- "Ruổi ngựa truy phong": Literally "to spur the horse to chase the wind," meaning to pursue something with great speed and urgency, often something fleeting or hard to catch.
- Theo đuổi ước mơ ấy chẳng khác nào ruổi ngựa truy phong. (Chasing that dream is like spurring a horse to chase the wind.)
- (ít dùng) Pursue, go after