Definition

1. Verb:
   • To experience, to go through: "trải qua" indicates undergoing or living through a period of time, an event, or a process, often one that is significant, challenging, or transformative. It implies a passage from the beginning to the end of that experience.
   • To spend (time): In some contexts, it can mean to pass or spend a specific duration of time, often while doing something.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy đã trải qua một tuổi thơ khó khăn. (She experienced a difficult childhood.)
  • Chúng tôi trải qua ba ngày tuyệt vời ở Đà Lạt. (We spent three wonderful days in Da Lat.)
  • Đất nước đang trải qua một giai đoạn phát triển mới. (The country is going through a new phase of development.)

Advanced Usage

• "trải qua bao thăng trầm": to go through many ups and downs.
  • Doanh nghiệp gia đình đã trải qua bao thăng trầm. (The family business has gone through many ups and downs.)
• "trải qua thử thách": to undergo a challenge.
  • Anh ấy đã trải qua thử thách một cách xuất sắc. (He underwent the challenge excellently.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trải nghiệm (verb/noun): to experience / an experience. Often focuses more on the experiential knowledge gained.
  • Du lịch bụi là một trải nghiệm đáng nhớ. (Backpacking is a memorable experience.)
• Kinh qua (verb): to go through, to experience (slightly more formal/literary).
  • Ông ấy đã kinh qua nhiều vị trí công tác. (He has held many work positions / gone through many job roles.)

Synonyms

• Trải (verb): to experience, to undergo (often used in compound forms or literary contexts).
• Nếm trải (verb): to taste and experience, to go through (emphasizes firsthand, often difficult, experience).
• Trôi qua (verb): to pass by, to elapse (focuses more on the passage of time itself rather than the experience within it).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Trải qua được: to be able to get through/to endure something.
  • Nhờ sự kiên cường, cô ấy đã trải qua được khó khăn. (Thanks to her resilience, she was able to get through the hardship.)

Related Idioms

• "Trải dầu sôi lửa bỏng": to go through trials by fire; to experience extreme hardship.
  • Mối quan hệ của họ đã trải dầu sôi lửa bỏng. (Their relationship has gone through trials by fire.)

verb

1. to spend; to experience