Definition

1. Verb:
   • To shed light on: To provide clarity, understanding, or explanation about a subject, making it easier to comprehend.
   • To enlighten: To give intellectual or spiritual insight; to reveal knowledge that dispels ignorance or confusion.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Kinh nghiệm soi sáng cho chúng ta. (Experience sheds light on things for us.)
  • Chủ nghĩa Mác soi sáng đường lối cách mạng. (Marxism enlightens the path of revolution.)
  • Bài giảng của giáo sư đã soi sáng vấn đề phức tạp này. (The professor's lecture shed light on this complex issue.)

Advanced Usage

• Used metaphorically to describe the action of an idea, principle, or person providing guidance or revealing truth.
  • Lòng nhân ái soi sáng mọi hành động của bà. (Compassion enlightens all of her actions.)

Variants and Related Words

• Soi rọi (v): To illuminate, often with a more focused or investigative connotation.

  • Ánh đèn soi rọi vào góc tối. (The light illuminated the dark corner.)

• Chiếu sáng (v): To illuminate with physical light.

  • Đèn đường chiếu sáng con phố. (The streetlights illuminate the road.)

Synonyms

• Illuminate: To light up or make clear.
• Clarify: To make a statement or situation less confused.
• Guide: To lead or direct, often intellectually.

Related Idioms

• Soi sáng con đường: To light the way; to provide guidance for a future path.
  • Ước mơ đó soi sáng con đường cô ấy chọn. (That dream lights the way for the path she chose.)

1. Shed light on, enlighten