trốn tránh
Definition
- Verb:
- To evade / to avoid: To deliberately escape from or avoid facing something undesirable, such as a duty, responsibility, or danger.
- To hide from / to shirk: To stay away from or fail to undertake an obligation or a person one should confront.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Anh ta luôn tìm cách trốn tránh trách nhiệm. (He always finds ways to evade responsibility.)
- Cô ấy trốn tránh ánh mắt của mọi người. (She avoided everyone's gaze.)
- Không thể trốn tránh sự thật mãi được. (You cannot hide from the truth forever.)
Advanced Usage
"trốn tránh pháp luật": to evade the law.
- Tội phạm đang cố trốn tránh pháp luật. (The criminal is trying to evade the law.)
"trốn tránh nghĩa vụ": to shirk one's duty.
- Trốn tránh nghĩa vụ quân sự là vi phạm pháp luật. (Shirking military service is a violation of the law.)
Variants and Related Words
Trốn (v): to hide, to flee. A simpler, more direct synonym.
- Đứa trẻ trốn sau cánh cửa. (The child hid behind the door.)
Lẩn tránh (v): to dodge, to sidestep. Often used for avoiding physical things or subtle evasion.
- Tài xế lẩn tránh kịp thời một hòn đá trên đường. (The driver dodged a rock on the road just in time.)
Synonyms
- Evade: To escape or avoid, especially by cleverness or trickery.
- Shirk: To avoid (work, duty, or responsibility).
- Avoid: To keep away from or stop oneself from doing something.
Related Idioms
Trốn việc như chạy tội: To shirk work as if running from a crime. (Implies a severe, guilty avoidance of work.)
- Hắn ta trốn việc như chạy tội, chẳng bao giờ chịu làm gì. (He shirks work as if running from a crime, never willing to do anything.)
Trốn chúa lộn chồng: (A folk idiom) To be disloyal and chaotic in relationships; to evade one's proper role.
- Câu chuyện ấy giống như một vở kịch trốn chúa lộn chồng. (That story is like a play of chaotic betrayal and evasion.)