thoát thân

Thân thiện

Một con thỏ nhỏ thoát thân khỏi một chiếc lồng mở.

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.)

Học thuật

verb

1. to escape, to get out of