trăm sự

Trăm sự nhờ anh lo liệu.

Definition

1. Adverb (colloquial):
   • Entirely; completely; wholly: Used to emphasize that something is done with full dependence, trust, or totality. It often precedes a verb of reliance or request.
   • In all matters; for everything: Literally "a hundred things," implying "in every regard" or "for all matters."

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Trăm sự nhờ cô. (I/We am/are entirely relying on you.)
  • Việc này trăm sự trông cậy vào anh. (For this matter, we are wholly counting on you.)
  • Trăm sự đã có bố mẹ lo. (Everything is already taken care of by the parents.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is almost exclusively used in fixed, idiomatic expressions, primarily "trăm sự nhờ" (to rely on someone entirely) or "trăm sự trông cậy" (to place complete trust in). It carries a formal, somewhat deferential, or deeply trusting tone.

Variants and Related Words

• Trăm phần trăm: one hundred percent.
  • Tôi tin anh trăm phần trăm. (I believe you one hundred percent.)

Synonyms

• Hoàn toàn: completely.
• Tất cả: all, everything (in a different grammatical role).
• Toàn bộ: the whole, entirely.

Related Idioms

• Trăm sự nhờ (ai): The core idiom meaning "to entrust everything to (someone)."

  • Công ty trăm sự nhờ giám đốc mới. (The company is entirely depending on the new director.)

• Trăm năm một thuở: (lit. a hundred years, one occasion) meaning a very rare, once-in-a-lifetime event or opportunity. This shares the poetic use of "trăm" (hundred) but is a separate idiom.