vơ
- Verb:
- To gather, to collect: To bring scattered items together into one place, often quickly or without careful selection.
- To rake in, to grab: To take something quickly, hastily, or in large quantities, often implying a lack of discrimination or a greedy action.
- To claim, to assume: To attribute something (often credit, blame, or responsibility) to oneself or others without proper basis or justification.
- Verb:
- Trời sắp mưa, vơ quần áo vào đi! (It's about to rain, gather the clothes and bring them in!)
- Kẻ trộm đã vơ hết đồ đạc có giá trị. (The thief grabbed all the valuable belongings.)
- Anh ta thích vơ công lao của đồng nghiệp về mình. (He likes to claim his colleagues' achievements as his own.)
"vơ vội" / "vơ đại": To grab or gather something hastily, randomly, or without thought.
- Cô ấy vơ vội vài món đồ rồi rời khỏi nhà. (She hastily grabbed a few items and left the house.)
"vơ vào": To involve or implicate someone/something (often unnecessarily or wrongly).
- Đừng có vơ tôi vào chuyện của anh. (Don't drag me into your business.)
"vơ quàng vơ xiên": To claim or grab things indiscriminately and without reason.
- Anh ấy cứ vơ quàng vơ xiên, cái gì cũng nhận là của mình. (He just grabs things indiscriminately, claiming everything as his own.)
Vơ vét (verb): To plunder, to loot, to sweep up (everything). This is a more intensive and often negative form, implying greedy collection.
- Bọn tham nhũng vơ vét của công. (The corrupt officials plundered public assets.)
Vơ vẩn (adjective): Aimless, wandering (of thoughts or movement). This is a different word with a distinct meaning related to being scattered or unfocused.
- Suy nghĩ vơ vẩn (Aimless thoughts)
- Gom (verb): To gather, to collect.
- Thu gom (verb): To collect, to gather up.
- Chiếm đoạt (verb): To usurp, to seize (often wrongfully).
- Quơ (verb): To sweep up, to grab (often with a sweeping motion).
- Vơ đi: To take away, to gather up (often used as a command).
- Vơ đi những thứ linh tinh này! (Take away this junk!)
Vơ đũa cả nắm: To tar everyone with the same brush; to generalize unfairly by treating a diverse group as if all members are the same.
- Đừng vơ đũa cả nắm, không phải sinh viên nào cũng lười học. (Don't tar everyone with the same brush; not every student is lazy.)
Đoán vơ / Nói vơ: To guess wildly; to say something without basis or evidence.
- Anh đừng đoán vơ như thế, phải có căn cứ chứ. (Don't make wild guesses like that; you need to have a basis.)
- to gather, to collect to rake in to claim, to assume