Definition

1. Noun:
   • Official documents / Papers: Refers to documents, specifically those related to official or bureaucratic matters, such as government papers, certificates, or formal records.
   • Documents / Papers (general): In a broader sense, it can refer to documents and paperwork in general, including letters and various written materials.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông ấy đang loay hoay với một chồng tờ bồi. (He is fumbling with a stack of official documents.)
  • Công việc này đòi hỏi nhiều tờ bồi phức tạp. (This job requires a lot of complicated paperwork.)
  • Anh ta để quên tờ bồi quan trọng ở nhà. (He forgot the important papers at home.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "tờ bồi" is considered somewhat old-fashioned or literary in modern Vietnamese. It often carries a nuance of cumbersome, numerous, or troublesome bureaucratic paperwork.

Variants and Related Words

• Giấy tờ (n): documents, papers (the more common, modern equivalent).

  • Anh cần mang đầy đủ giấy tờ tùy thân. (You need to bring full personal identification papers.)

• Hồ sơ (n): dossier, file, records (a collection of documents on a specific matter).

  • Hồ sơ dự án đã được nộp. (The project dossier has been submitted.)

Synonyms

• Papers: Written documents.
• Documentation: The collection of documents providing official information or evidence.
• Bureaucratic paperwork: Official documents, often implying complexity.

Related Idioms

• "Vướng víu tờ bồi": To be tied up with or entangled in paperwork.
  • Công việc kinh doanh mới khiến anh ấy vướng víu tờ bồi. (The new business has him entangled in paperwork.)