Definition

1. Verb:
   • To pursue and attack: The primary meaning of "truy kích" is to chase and strike an enemy force that is retreating or fleeing, with the intent to inflict maximum damage or prevent their escape.
   • To hunt down: It implies a determined, aggressive chase, often in a military or combative context.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Quân đội truy kích kẻ địch đang tháo chạy. (The army pursued the fleeing enemy.)
  • Sau trận đánh, họ tiếp tục truy kích. (After the battle, they continued the pursuit.)
  • Lực lượng đặc nhiệm được lệnh truy kích nhóm khủng bố. (The special forces were ordered to hunt down the terrorist group.)

Advanced Usage

• "truy kích đến cùng": to pursue to the end, to chase relentlessly until the goal is achieved.
  • Họ quyết tâm truy kích đến cùng. (They are determined to pursue to the very end.)

Variants and Related Words

• Truy đuổi (v): to chase, to pursue. This is a more general term for chasing, while "truy kích" specifically implies an attack during the chase.
  • Cảnh sát truy đuổi tên cướp. (The police chased the robber.)

Synonyms

• Pursue: to follow in order to catch or attack.
• Chase: to go after quickly.
• Hunt down: to search for someone or something determinedly until found and often neutralized.

Related Idioms

• While "truy kích" itself is not commonly part of idioms, its concept is central to phrases like "truy cùng diệt tận", which means to pursue and utterly destroy.
  • Họ áp dụng chính sách truy cùng diệt tận. (They applied a policy of total pursuit and annihilation.)

verb

1. to pursue