sổ lồng
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Definition
- Verb:
- To escape (from a cage or confinement): The primary meaning refers to a bird or animal breaking free from its cage.
- To break away; to be let out: Used figuratively to describe escaping from any restrictive situation, imprisonment, or control, gaining sudden freedom.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Con chim vừa mới sổ lồng. (The bird just escaped from its cage.)
- Sau nhiều năm bị giam giữ, hắn đã sổ lồng. (After many years of imprisonment, he broke free.)
- Đứa trẻ cảm thấy như được sổ lồng khi tan học. (The child felt like he was let out of a cage when school ended.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used metaphorically to describe a feeling of liberation from rules, a boring job, a stifling relationship, or any oppressive circumstance.
- Cô ấy rời bỏ công việc văn phòng ngột ngạt, cảm giác như được sổ lồng. (She left the stifling office job, feeling like she had broken free.)
Variants and Related Words
- Sổng (v): A more general and colloquial term for to escape, to get loose (can be used for animals, prisoners, or objects).
- Con chó sổng xích chạy mất. (The dog slipped its leash and ran away.)
Synonyms
- Escape: To get free from confinement or control.
- Break free/break away: To liberate oneself from restraint.
- Get out: To leave a confined space (informal).
Related Idioms
- Như chim *sổ lồng*: (To be) like a bird that has escaped its cage. This idiom describes an immense feeling of joy, relief, and freedom.
- Sau kỳ thi, lũ học sinh vui mừng như chim sổ lồng. (After the exams, the students were as happy as birds set free from a cage.)
verb
- to escape to break away, to be let out