táo tác

Thân thiện

Đàn gà chạy táo tác trong sân.

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • Stampedingly, in a panicked and disorderly manner: Describes the chaotic, frantic, and scattered movement of a group, typically animals or people, due to sudden fear or alarm.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Đàn gà chạy táo tác khi nghe tiếng sét. (The flock of chickens ran stampedingly when they heard the thunder.)
  • Đám đông hỗn loạn, chạy táo tác sau vụ nổ. (The crowd was chaotic, running stampedingly after the explosion.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to intensify descriptions of panic: Often modifies verbs of movement like "chạy" (to run), "bỏ chạy" (to flee), or "phân tán" (to scatter) to emphasize a complete lack of order due to terror.
  • Bầy chim bay táo tác lên trời. (The flock of birds flew up into the sky stampedingly.)

Variants and Related Words

• Táo tớn (adj): Daring, audacious, bold. (Note: This is a different word with a distinct meaning, not a variant of "táo tác".)
• Nhốn nháo (adj): Noisy and disorderly, tumultuous.
• Hỗn loạn (adj/n): Chaotic, disorder; chaos.

Synonyms

• Hỗn độn: Chaotically, in disorder.
• Nhốn nháo: In a noisy and disorderly way.
• Bán sống bán chết (idiomatic): Fleeing for one's life, in a state of half-alive half-dead panic.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Chạy táo tác: To run stampedingly, to flee in a panicked and scattered manner.
  • Nghe tiếng động lạ, cả đàn vịt chạy táo tác xuống ao. (Hearing a strange noise, the whole flock of ducks ran stampedingly into the pond.)

Related Idioms

• Chạy như ma đuổi: To run as if chased by a ghost (to run extremely fast in panic). This idiom conveys a similar sense of frantic, fearful flight as "chạy táo tác".

Học thuật

adv. stampedingly