Definition

1. Verb:

   • To report in detail / to give a detailed account: The primary meaning of "tường trình" is to present or narrate an event, situation, or plan clearly, thoroughly, and in a structured manner, often for official or formal purposes.
   • To explain fully: It implies providing a comprehensive explanation, leaving out no significant details.

2. Noun (often seen as "bản tường trình"):

   • A detailed report / a formal account: A written or spoken statement that provides a full and orderly description of an incident or series of events.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Nhân viên phải tường trình sự việc cho quản lý. (The employee must report the incident in detail to the manager.)
  • Anh ấy đã tường trình kế hoạch trước hội nghị. (He presented the plan in detail before the conference.)

• Noun:

  • Cảnh sát yêu cầu một bản tường trình về vụ tai nạn. (The police requested a detailed report on the accident.)
  • Hãy viết bản tường trình lại những gì đã xảy ra. (Please write a formal account of what happened.)

Advanced Usage

• "tường trình lại": to recount, to give a detailed report again.
  • Nhân chứng được yêu cầu tường trình lại những gì họ thấy. (The witness was asked to recount in detail what they saw.)

Variants and Related Words

• Báo cáo (v/n): to report / a report. (This is a more general term, while "tường trình" emphasizes detail and formality.)
• Trình bày (v): to present, to explain. (Broader, not necessarily as detailed or formal as "tường trình".)
• Thuật lại (v): to recount, to narrate. (Focuses on telling a sequence of events.)

Synonyms

• Recount: to tell about an event in detail.
• Narrate: to give a spoken or written account of.
• Detail: to describe item by item.
• Elucidate: to explain clearly.

Related Idioms

Note: "Tường trình" itself is a formal term and is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions. Its usage is typically direct and literal.