sửa sang
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Definition
Verb: - To tidy up, to arrange, to put in order: To make something neater, more organized, or more presentable by cleaning, adjusting, or rearranging. - To renovate, to refurbish, to redecorate: To make improvements or changes to something (like a house or room) to enhance its appearance or functionality.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Chị ấy dành cả buổi sáng để sửa sang lại phòng làm việc. (She spent the whole morning tidying up her office.)
- Gia đình tôi định sửa sang ngôi nhà cũ trước Tết. (My family plans to renovate the old house before Tet.)
- Anh ấy sửa sang lại bộ quần áo cho chỉnh tề hơn. (He adjusted his clothes to look more proper.)
Advanced Usage
- "sửa sang lại": Often used with "lại" to emphasize the action of re-doing, fixing up, or renovating something that already exists.
- Sau trận bão, họ phải sửa sang lại cả khu vườn. (After the storm, they had to tidy up the entire garden again.)
Variants and Related Words
- Sửa chữa (verb): To repair, to fix. This focuses more on mending something broken rather than general tidying or decorating.
- Thợ sửa chữa máy tính. (A computer repair technician.)
- Trang trí (verb): To decorate, to adorn. This focuses more on the aesthetic aspect, adding decorative elements.
- Trang trí nhà cửa cho ngày lễ. (To decorate the house for the holiday.)
Synonyms
- Dọn dẹp: To clean up, to tidy up. Emphasizes cleaning and removing clutter.
- Chỉnh trang: To groom, to put in order (often used for personal appearance or landscapes).
- Tu sửa: To repair, to restore (often for buildings, with a focus on structural fixes).
Related Phrases (Collocations)
- Sửa sang nhà cửa: To tidy up/renovate the house.
- Cuối tuần nào họ cũng sửa sang nhà cửa. (They tidy up the house every weekend.)
- Sửa sang đầu tóc: To groom one's hair.
- Cô ấy vào tiệm để sửa sang đầu tóc. (She went to the salon to get her hair done.)
- Sửa sang bề ngoài: To improve one's appearance.
- Anh ta quyết định sửa sang bề ngoài để tạo ấn tượng tốt. (He decided to smarten up his appearance to make a good impression.)