Definition

1. Noun:
   • All sides, all directions: Refers to the four cardinal directions (front, back, left, right) or comprehensively to every side surrounding a central point.
   • All around, on every side: Describes something that is completely encircling or surrounding an area or object.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tiếng hò reo vang lên từ tứ phía. (Cheers erupted from all sides.)
  • Quân địch bị bao vây tứ phía. (The enemy troops were surrounded on all sides.)
  • Cô ấy nhìn ra tứ phía để tìm lối thoát. (She looked all around to find a way out.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in formal, literary, or descriptive contexts to emphasize completeness of encirclement or omnidirectional presence.
• It can imply a sense of being trapped or overwhelmed by forces or elements coming from every direction.

Variants and Related Words

• Bốn phía (n): A more common, everyday synonym meaning "all four sides" or "all around."
  • Kiểm tra cẩn thận bốn phía. (Check all four sides carefully.)

Synonyms

• Every direction: From all points of the compass.
• On all sides: Surrounding completely.
• All around: In every direction from a central point.

Related Idioms

• Bao vây tứ phía: To besiege or surround from all sides.
  • Thành phố cổ bị bao vây tứ phía. (The ancient city was besieged from all sides.)

1. all sides, all around