Definition

1. Verb:
   • To rejuvenate: The primary meaning of "trẻ hóa" is to make someone or something appear, feel, or become younger, more vigorous, or more modern.
   • To renew with younger elements: Specifically, it refers to the process of infusing a group, organization, or system with younger members or newer ideas to revitalize it.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Công ty đang có kế hoạch trẻ hóa đội ngũ lãnh đạo. (The company has a plan to rejuvenate its leadership team.)
  • Phương pháp điều trị này giúp trẻ hóa làn da. (This treatment method helps to rejuvenate the skin.)
  • Trẻ hóa bộ máy hành chính là một yêu cầu cấp thiết. (Rejuvenating the administrative apparatus is an urgent requirement.)

Advanced Usage

• "trẻ hóa tư duy": to rejuvenate one's mindset, to adopt newer, more progressive ways of thinking.
  • Để đổi mới, trước hết phải trẻ hóa tư duy. (To innovate, we must first rejuvenate our mindset.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trẻ trung (adj): young, youthful (in appearance or spirit).

  • Cô ấy trông rất trẻ trung. (She looks very youthful.)

• Sự trẻ hóa (n): the process or act of rejuvenation.

  • Sự trẻ hóa nguồn nhân lực diễn ra mạnh mẽ. (The rejuvenation of human resources is happening vigorously.)

Synonyms

• Rejuvenate: to make young or vigorous again.
• Revitalize: to imbue with new life and vitality.
• Modernize: to make modern or up-to-date, often a component of "trẻ hóa."

Related Idioms

While "trẻ hóa" itself is not typically used in fixed idioms, its concept is central to phrases like: - Mãi mãi tuổi thanh xuân: forever youthful (a common saying wishing for eternal youth, related to the desired outcome of "trẻ hóa").