tránh
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Definition
- Verb:
- To avoid, to dodge: To move oneself aside to prevent a collision or to not be in the way.
- To evade, to shirk: To deliberately keep away from or prevent oneself from encountering something undesirable, unpleasant, or harmful.
- To spare, to prevent: To take action so that something bad or undesirable does not happen to oneself or others.
- To refrain from: Used before another verb to indicate consciously not doing something.
Usage Examples
- To avoid, to dodge:
- Xe tải phải tránh sang bên đường. (The truck had to move aside to the edge of the road.)
- Hai người đi ngược chiều tránh nhau. (The two people walking in opposite directions avoided each other.)
- To evade, to shirk:
- Cô ấy luôn tránh gặp ông chủ sau sự cố đó. (She always avoids meeting the boss after that incident.)
- Anh ta tránh được cú đấm. (He dodged the punch.)
- To spare, to prevent:
- Hãy cố gắng tránh sai sót. (Try to avoid mistakes.)
- Tôi muốn tránh cho cô ấy khỏi buồn phiền. (I want to spare her from sorrow.)
- To refrain from:
- Chúng ta nên tránh phán xét người khác. (We should refrain from judging others.)
- Tránh đề cập đến vấn đề nhạy cảm. (Avoid mentioning the sensitive issue.)
Advanced Usage
- "tránh cho": To spare someone from something.
- Anh ấy tránh cho gia đình khỏi lo lắng. (He spared his family from worry.)
- "tránh khỏi": To be unavoidable, to be inevitable (often used in the negative or passive sense).
- Sự thất bại là không thể tránh khỏi. (Failure was unavoidable.)
- "tránh mặt": To avoid meeting someone, to stay out of someone's sight.
- Nó cứ tránh mặt tôi suốt. (He keeps avoiding me.)
Variants and Related Words
- Né tránh (verb): To dodge, to evade (emphasizes a quick, physical movement or a clever evasion).
- Cầu thủ né tránh hậu vệ đối phương. (The player dodged the opponent's defender.)
- Lảng tránh (verb): To sidestep, to evade (often regarding a topic or responsibility).
- Anh ta lảng tránh câu hỏi của phóng viên. (He sidestepped the reporter's question.)
- Trốn tránh (verb): To shirk, to evade (implies avoiding duty or responsibility).
- Không được trốn tránh trách nhiệm. (You must not shirk your responsibility.)
Synonyms
- Lẩn: To slip away, to hide oneself.
- Lánh: To keep away from, to withdraw from.
- Né: To dodge (a physical object).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Tránh đi: To get out of the way, to move aside.
- Tránh đi cho xe cứu thương qua! (Move aside for the ambulance!)
- Tránh ra: To move aside, to make way (often as a command).
- Tránh ra một chút! (Step aside a bit!)
Related Idioms
- Tránh voi chẳng hổ mặt nào: There is no shame in yielding to a stronger force; discretion is the better part of valour.
- Đối thủ quá mạnh, tránh voi chẳng hổ mặt nào. (The opponent is too strong, there's no shame in backing down.)
- Tránh vỏ dưa gặp vỏ dừa: To jump out of the frying pan and into the fire; to avoid one problem only to encounter a worse one.
- Anh ấy bỏ việc vì sếp khó tính, nhưng giờ gặp sếp mới còn tệ hơn, đúng là tránh vỏ dưa gặp vỏ dừa. (He quit his job because of a difficult boss, but now his new boss is even worse, it's truly out of the frying pan and into the fire.)
verb
- to avoid, to shirk to give way to dodge