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.)

verb

1. t o reform, to redecorate