táo tác
Definition
- Adverb:
- Stampedingly, in a panicked and disorderly manner: Describes the chaotic, frantic, and scattered movement of a group, typically animals or people, due to sudden fear or alarm.
Usage Examples
- Adverb:
- Đàn gà chạy táo tác khi nghe tiếng sét. (The flock of chickens ran stampedingly when they heard the thunder.)
- Đám đông hỗn loạn, chạy táo tác sau vụ nổ. (The crowd was chaotic, running stampedingly after the explosion.)
Advanced Usage
- Used to intensify descriptions of panic: Often modifies verbs of movement like "chạy" (to run), "bỏ chạy" (to flee), or "phân tán" (to scatter) to emphasize a complete lack of order due to terror.
- Bầy chim bay táo tác lên trời. (The flock of birds flew up into the sky stampedingly.)
Variants and Related Words
- Táo tớn (adj): Daring, audacious, bold. (Note: This is a different word with a distinct meaning, not a variant of "táo tác".)
- Nhốn nháo (adj): Noisy and disorderly, tumultuous.
- Hỗn loạn (adj/n): Chaotic, disorder; chaos.
Synonyms
- Hỗn độn: Chaotically, in disorder.
- Nhốn nháo: In a noisy and disorderly way.
- Bán sống bán chết (idiomatic): Fleeing for one's life, in a state of half-alive half-dead panic.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Chạy táo tác: To run stampedingly, to flee in a panicked and scattered manner.
- Nghe tiếng động lạ, cả đàn vịt chạy táo tác xuống ao. (Hearing a strange noise, the whole flock of ducks ran stampedingly into the pond.)
Related Idioms
- Chạy như ma đuổi: To run as if chased by a ghost (to run extremely fast in panic). This idiom conveys a similar sense of frantic, fearful flight as "chạy táo tác".
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