thả nổi

thả nổi

Người chơi thả nổi những chiếc thuyền giấy trên mặt hồ.

Definition
  1. Verb phrase:
    • To let float: To allow an object to rest or move on the surface of a liquid without sinking.
    • To let drift / to leave adrift: To allow something to be carried along by currents of water or air without control or direction.
    • To leave unchecked / to let run its course (figurative): A common figurative meaning referring to adopting a non-interventionist, laissez-faire policy towards a situation, system, or process, allowing it to develop without control or regulation.
Usage Examples

  • Literal:

    • Trẻ con thích thả nổi những chiếc thuyền giấy trên hồ. (Children like to let paper boats float on the pond.)
    • Con thuyền bị thả nổi theo dòng nước. (The boat was left to drift with the current.)

  • Figurative (Economic/Social Context):

    • Chính phủ quyết định thả nổi tỷ giá hối đoái. (The government decided to let the exchange rate float.)
    • Không thể thả nổi thị trường giá cả lương thực. (We cannot leave the food price market unchecked.)
Advanced Usage

  • "thả nổi tỷ giá": to float an exchange rate (an economic term).

    • Việc thả nổi tỷ giá có thể ảnh hưởng đến xuất nhập khẩu. (Floating the exchange rate can affect imports and exports.)

  • "thả nổi tự do": to let drift freely; to give complete free rein.

    • Phong trào đó đã bị thả nổi tự do, không có sự quản lý. (That movement was given free rein, without any management.)
Variants and Related Words

  • Thả trôi (verb phrase): to let drift, often used interchangeably with thả nổi in literal contexts.

    • Họ thả trôi bó hoa xuống sông. (They let the bouquet drift down the river.)

  • Buông lỏng (verb): to loosen control, to relax management (figurative, similar to the non-interventionist sense of thả nổi).

    • Buông lỏng quản lý thị trường là rất nguy hiểm. (Loosening control of the market is very dangerous.)
Synonyms
  • Float: to rest or move on a liquid's surface.
  • Drift: to be carried along by currents.
  • Deregulate: to remove regulations from (for the figurative sense).
  • Leave to its own devices: to allow something to act without intervention.
Related Idioms
  • Mặc kệ / Phó mặc: to abandon to its fate; to leave someone/something to their/its own devices. This conveys a similar figurative sense of non-intervention, often with a more negligent connotation.
    • Anh ta mặc kệ công việc kinh doanh, không quan tâm nữa. (He abandoned the business to its fate, no longer caring.)