thầu
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Definition
- Verb:
- To contract / to bid for: To formally agree to undertake a specific project, construction work, or service for an agreed price and conditions.
- To take all / to pinch (colloquial): To take everything for oneself. In slang, it means to steal or swipe something.
Usage Examples
- Verb (to contract):
- Công ty đó thầu xây dựng cây cầu mới. (That company contracted to build the new bridge.)
- Họ đang thầu dịch vụ vệ sinh cho toà nhà. (They are bidding for the building's cleaning service.)
- Verb (to take all / to steal):
- Nó thầu hết bánh kẹo trên bàn. (He pinched all the candies on the table.)
- Tôi bị ai đó thầu mất điện thoại. (My phone was swiped by someone.)
Advanced Usage
- "đấu thầu": to bid, to tender (in a competitive process).
- Nhiều công ty tham gia đấu thầu dự án. (Many companies participated in bidding for the project.)
- "thầu trọn gói": to contract on a turnkey/total package basis.
- Họ thầu trọn gói thiết kế và thi công. (They contracted the design and construction as a full package.)
Variants and Related Words
- Nhà thầu (n): contractor.
- Nhà thầu chính chịu trách nhiệm chính. (The main contractor bears primary responsibility.)
- Giá thầu (n): bid price.
- Giá thầu của họ rất cạnh tranh. (Their bid price is very competitive.)
Synonyms
- Contract: to enter into a formal agreement to do work.
- Bid: to offer a price for a contract.
- Swipe / Pilfer (slang): to steal something quickly or sneakily.
Related Idioms
- Thầu sống bóp chết: This idiom describes a ruthless contractor who secures a contract at a low price and then exploits or cuts corners, leading to poor quality.
- Ký hợp đồng với kẻ thầu sống bóp chết thì dự án sẽ thất bại. (Signing a contract with a cutthroat contractor will doom the project.)
verb
- to contract to take all to pinch