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.)

1. (ít dùng) Pursue, go after