Definition

1. Động từ (Verb):
   • To scoop (out of a liquid): To lift or remove something from water or another liquid using a tool like a net, ladle, or one's hands.
   • To rescue (from water): To save someone or something from drowning or sinking.
   • To salvage / to pass conditionally: In academic or competitive contexts, to allow someone to pass or succeed despite a slight shortfall, often as an act of leniency.

Usage Examples

• Động từ (Verb):
  • Người nông dân vớt bèo trên mặt ao. (The farmer scoops duckweed from the pond surface.)
  • Lực lượng cứu hộ đã vớt được người đàn ông bị đuối nước. (The rescue team rescued the drowning man.)
  • Giáo sư đã vớt anh ấy qua kỳ thi. (The professor salvaged him by letting him pass the exam.)

Advanced Usage

• "vớt vát": To salvage, to recover something (often of little value) from a bad situation. It implies making the best of a loss.
  • Cô ấy cố gắng vớt vát chút tự trọng còn lại. (She tried to salvage what little dignity she had left.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vớt cá (v): To net fish.
  • Họ dùng lưới để vớt cá. (They use a net to net fish.)
• Cứu vớt (v): To save, to rescue (often used in both literal and figurative senses).
  • Họ hy vọng có phép màu để cứu vớt tình thế. (They hope for a miracle to save the situation.)

Synonyms

• Scoop: To lift something with a scooping motion.
• Retrieve: To get something back.
• Rescue: To save from danger.
• Salvage: To save something from loss or destruction.

Related Idioms

• Vớ được của rơi: To find something valuable by chance (like finding a windfall).
  • Anh ta mua chiếc xe cũ và như vớ được của rơi. (He bought the used car and it was like finding a windfall.)
• Nói vớt: To add a few words (often unnecessary or as an afterthought).
  • Ông ấy chỉ nói vớt vài câu rồi rời đi. (He just added a few words and then left.)

verb

1. to pick up to save to pass