trau giồi
Definition
- Verb:
- To cultivate; to refine; to improve: The primary meaning of "trau giồi" is to make a sustained effort to develop, enhance, or perfect a skill, quality, or area of knowledge, often through study and practice.
- To polish; to nurture: It implies a process of careful, deliberate improvement, akin to polishing a rough surface to make it smooth and shiny.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cô ấy luôn cố gắng trau giồi kiến thức chuyên môn. (She always strives to cultivate her professional knowledge.)
- Học sinh cần trau giồi kỹ năng viết. (Students need to refine their writing skills.)
- Anh ấy dành thời gian trau giồi ngoại ngữ. (He spends time improving his foreign language ability.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "trau giồi" is often used in formal or educational contexts to describe the self-improvement of abstract qualities, such as virtue, culture, or intellect.
- It is largely synonymous with and often interchangeable with the more common modern variant "trau dồi."
Variants and Related Words
- Trau dồi (v): to cultivate, to improve. This is the more frequently used variant in contemporary Vietnamese.
- Trau dồi đạo đức. (To cultivate one's morality.)
Synonyms
- Cultivate: to try to acquire or develop.
- Refine: to improve by making small changes.
- Improve: to make or become better.
- Polish: to make something smooth and shiny, or to improve a skill.
- Perfect: to make something as good as possible.
Related Idioms
- While "trau giồi" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, its meaning is central to phrases emphasizing self-betterment, such as the concept of "học hỏi và trau giồi" (to learn and to cultivate).