vồi vội

vồi vội

Một người đàn ông vồi vội lấy chiếc điện thoại trước khi nó rơi xuống đất.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Hasty, hurried, rushed: Describes an action performed with excessive speed and a lack of care, often due to a lack of time or impatience. It implies a state of being flustered or in a scramble.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • Anh ấy ăn sáng một cách vồi vội. (He ate breakfast in a hurried manner.)
    • Đừng làm vồi vội, hãy bình tĩnh cẩn thận. (Don't work in a rush; be calm and careful.)
    • ấy trả lời vồi vội rồi chạy đi. (She answered hastily and then ran off.)
Advanced Usage
  • The word is a reduplication of "vội" (hurried). The reduplication "vồi vội" intensifies the meaning, emphasizing a more chaotic, flustered, or careless kind of hurry compared to "vội" alone.
Variants and Related Words
  • Vội (adj): hurried, in a hurry. The root word.

    • Tôi phải đi vội. (I have to go in a hurry.)
  • Vội vàng (adj): hurried, hasty. A more common synonym for "vồi vội."

    • Anh ấy rời đi một cách vội vàng. (He left in a hurry.)
Synonyms
  • Hasty: Done with excessive speed or urgency.
  • Hurried: Done or acting in a rush.
  • Rushed: Done quickly and without proper attention.
Related Idioms
  • Làm ăn vồi vội: To work in a slapdash or rushed manner.
    • Làm ăn vồi vội thì dễ hỏng việc. (Working in a rushed manner easily leads to mistakes.)