rút thăm
Definition
- Verb:
- To draw lots: To select one or more items, typically slips of paper or tickets, from a container in a random manner to determine a winner, assign a task, or make a decision by chance.
- To hold a draw / a lottery: The process of conducting a random selection, often for prizes, rights, or duties.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Chúng tôi sẽ rút thăm để chọn người đi đầu tiên. (We will draw lots to choose who goes first.)
- Công ty rút thăm để tìm ra người trúng thưởng. (The company held a draw to find the prize winner.)
- Họ rút thăm phân chia công việc. (They drew lots to divide the tasks.)
Advanced Usage
- "rút thăm trúng thưởng": to draw a winning lot; to be selected as a winner in a lottery or draw.
- Cô ấy rút thăm trúng thưởng một chuyến du lịch. (She drew the winning lot for a trip.)
Variants and Related Words
Bốc thăm (v): to draw lots; a synonym often used interchangeably with "rút thăm."
- Hãy bốc thăm một tờ giấy từ trong hộp. (Please draw a piece of paper from the box.)
Xổ số (n): lottery; a game of chance where numbered tickets are sold and winners are selected by a random draw.
- Anh ấy mua vé xổ số mỗi tuần. (He buys a lottery ticket every week.)
Synonyms
- Draw lots: To decide something by making a random selection.
- Hold a draw: To conduct a lottery.
- Pick at random: To choose without method or conscious decision.
Related Idioms
- Ăn may như rút thăm: To be as lucky as winning a draw; to rely on pure, random luck.
- Thắng kiểu đó chẳng khác nào ăn may như rút thăm. (Winning like that is no different from being as lucky as drawing the winning lot.)