vấp váp

vấp váp

Người học đọc vấp váp từng chữ trong cuốn sách mới.

Definition

  1. Verb:

    • To stumble or falter (physically): To trip or lose one's balance while walking or moving, often due to an obstacle.
    • To stumble or falter (in speech or performance): To speak, read, or perform with hesitations, interruptions, or mistakes, often due to nervousness, difficulty, or lack of fluency.

  2. Verb (figurative):

    • To encounter difficulties: To face or struggle with obstacles, setbacks, or challenges in an endeavor.
Usage Examples
  • Verb (Physical):
    • Cậu bé vấp váp trên con đường mấp mô. (The boy stumbled on the bumpy road.)
  • Verb (Speech/Performance):
    • Lần đầu phát biểu, cô ấy nói còn vấp váp. (Speaking for the first time, she was still faltering.)
    • Anh ấy đọc vấp váp vì chưa thuộc bài. (He read haltingly because he hadn't memorized the text.)
  • Verb (Figurative):
    • Công việc kinh doanh mới khởi nghiệp còn nhiều vấp váp. (The new startup business still faces many stumbling blocks.)
Advanced Usage
  • The word often implies a repeated or intermittent action, not just a single stumble. It conveys a sense of irregularity and lack of smoothness.
  • It is commonly used to describe the hesitant speech of someone learning a new language or the initial difficulties in a new project or relationship.
Variants and Related Words
  • Vấp (v): To trip, to stumble (often refers to a single, more definite instance).
    • Tôi suýt vấp vào bậc thềm. (I almost tripped on the doorstep.)
  • Ngập ngừng (v): To hesitate, to falter (more focused on reluctance or indecision, often in speech or action).
Synonyms
  • To stumble: To trip or lose balance.
  • To falter: To speak or act hesitantly or unsteadily.
  • To flounder: To struggle clumsily or with difficulty.
Related Idioms
  • Đường đi hay vấp, nói năng hay lỡ: A proverb meaning "On the road, one often stumbles; in speech, one often misspeaks," highlighting that mistakes are a common part of life and learning.
  • Vấp phải khó khăn: To run into difficulties (using "vấp phải" as a phrasal verb).
    • Nhóm đã vấp phải một vấn đề kỹ thuật. (The team ran into a technical problem.)