tha
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Verb:
- To carry (in the mouth or beak): Used for animals carrying objects or prey in their mouth or beak.
- To drag along / to lug around: To carry or bring something along in a cumbersome, untidy, or bothersome manner.
- To release / to set free: To let someone go from captivity, detention, or arrest.
- To forgive / to pardon / to exempt: To excuse from blame, punishment, debt, or obligation.
Usage Examples
- To carry (in mouth/beak):
- Con mèo tha con chuột vào bếp. (The cat carried the mouse into the kitchen.)
- To drag along:
- Đứa trẻ tha món đồ chơi khắp nhà. (The child dragged the toy all over the house.)
- To release:
- Cảnh sát đã tha người bị bắt vì thiếu bằng chứng. (The police released the detainee due to lack of evidence.)
- To forgive:
- Xin hãy tha lỗi cho tôi. (Please forgive my mistake.)
Advanced Usage
- "tha phương cầu thực": To leave one's homeland to seek a living.
- Nhiều người phải tha phương cầu thực. (Many people have to leave home to earn a living.)
- "tha hồ": Freely, to one's heart's content, without restriction.
- Ở đây bạn có thể tha hồ bơi lội. (Here you can swim to your heart's content.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tha thứ (v): To forgive, to pardon (often for serious faults).
- Cô ấy đã tha thứ cho sự phản bội. (She forgave the betrayal.)
- Thả (v): To release, to let go (often by opening one's hand or untying). "Thả" is a near-synonym for the "release" meaning of "tha," but "thả" implies a more direct, physical act of letting go.
Synonyms
- Carry: To transport something.
- Release: To set free from confinement.
- Forgive: To stop feeling resentment for an offense.
- Pardon: To excuse a serious offense officially.
- Exempt: To free from an obligation or duty.
Related Idioms
- Trời không dung, đất không tha: A grave sin that is intolerable to heaven and earth (literally: "Heaven does not tolerate, earth does not forgive").
- Tội ác đó là trời không dung, đất không tha. (That crime is a monstrous evil.)
- Tha hương cầu thực: Same as "tha phương cầu thực" (to seek sustenance in a foreign land).
- Tha ma mộ địa: Graveyard, burial ground (literally: the place where ghosts/spirits are released).
- Khu rừng đó bị đồn là một tha ma mộ địa. (That forest is rumored to be a burial ground.)
verb
- to carry, to bring to take with to set free, to release to forgive, to exempt