vượt cấp

vượt cấp

Một vận động viên trẻ vượt cấp để thi đấu với đối thủ lớn tuổi hơn.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To be outclassed / to be overmatched: Used primarily in sports and competitive contexts to describe a situation where one competitor or team is significantly superior in skill, strength, or performance to another.
    • To skip a grade / to be promoted ahead of one's peers: In an educational or organizational context, it can mean to advance to a higher level or rank faster than is standard, bypassing the usual progression.
Usage Examples

  • Verb (Sports):

    • Đội khách hoàn toàn bị vượt cấp về kỹ thuật. (The visiting team was completely outclassed in technique.)
    • Tay vợt trẻ bị vượt cấp bởi đối thủ giàu kinh nghiệm. (The young tennis player was overmatched by the experienced opponent.)

  • Verb (Education/Organization):

    • Học sinh xuất sắc đó đã được vượt cấp, nhảy thẳng lên lớp 5. (That excellent student was allowed to skip a grade, moving directly to 5th grade.)
    • Anh ấy vượt cấp lên vị trí quản lý chỉ sau một năm. (He was promoted ahead of schedule to a management position after just one year.)
Advanced Usage
  • The term often implies a significant and sometimes overwhelming difference in level or class. In competition, it carries a connotation of a mismatch. In advancement contexts, it highlights exceptional merit or performance that justifies bypassing normal procedures.
Variants and Related Words

  • Vượt trội (adj): superior, outstanding. Describes a state of being better than others, but not necessarily involving a direct competition or skipping of levels.

    • Cô ấy có năng lực vượt trội. (She has superior ability.)

  • Nhảy cóc (v, colloquial): to leapfrog. A more informal term for skipping grades or levels.

    • Cậu bé thông minh được nhảy cóc hai lớp. (The intelligent boy was allowed to skip two grades.)
Synonyms
  • Outclass: to be of a much higher standard than.
  • Overmatch: to be too strong or skillful for an opponent.
  • Skip a grade: to advance a student to a grade level beyond the next one.
Related Idioms
  • While "vượt cấp" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, the concept relates to phrases like:
    • Trên cơ: to have the upper hand, to be superior in a matchup.
      • Đối thủ hoàn toàn trên cơ về thể lực. (The opponent completely has the upper hand in physical strength.)