Definition

Verb: - To escape, to get out of (a dangerous situation): The primary meaning refers to successfully getting away from a situation that threatens one's life or safety. It emphasizes a narrow escape from mortal danger. - To extricate oneself: To free or remove oneself from a perilous or difficult circumstance.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy đã may mắn thoát thân trong vụ hỏa hoạn. (He was lucky to escape from the fire.)
  • Tên tội phạm tìm mọi cách để thoát thân. (The criminal tried every way to escape.)
  • Cô ấy lo lắng tìm kế thoát thân khỏi tình huống nguy hiểm. (She was anxiously looking for a plan to extricate herself from the dangerous situation.)

Advanced Usage

• "tìm kế thoát thân": to devise a plan to escape.
  • Bị vây hãm, hắn chỉ còn biết tìm kế thoát thân. (Surrounded, he could only think of devising an escape plan.)
• "mong được thoát thân": to hope to escape/to hope for a way out.
  • Trong hoàn cảnh ấy, ai cũng mong được thoát thân. (In that circumstance, everyone hoped to find a way out.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thoát (verb): to escape, to get out of (a broader term, not exclusively life-threatening).
  • thoát nạn (to escape disaster), thoát khỏi (to get out of).
• Thoát hiểm (verb): to escape from danger (often used in contexts like emergency exits: ).
• Trốn thoát (verb): to flee, to run away (often implies escaping from captivity or pursuit).

Synonyms

• Chạy trốn: to flee, to run away.
• Lẩn tránh: to evade, to avoid (often danger).
• Tẩu thoát: to make one's escape (more literary).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As a single verb, 'thoát thân' is typically used on its own. Related phrases are idiomatic expressions. - Thoát thân an toàn: to escape safely. - Tất cả hành khách đã thoát thân an toàn. (All passengers escaped safely.)

Related Idioms

• "Thoát thân trong gang tấc": to have a hair's breadth escape; to escape by the skin of one's teeth.
  • Vụ nổ xảy ra, anh ta thoát thân trong gang tấc. (The explosion happened; he escaped by a hair's breadth.)
• "Thoát thân khỏi lưới trời": to escape from the net of heaven (a poetic/idiomatic way to say to escape a seemingly inescapable fate or trap).
  • Tên gian hùng tưởng có thể thoát thân khỏi lưới trời. (The villain thought he could escape the net of heaven.)

verb

1. to escape, to get out of