xoay xở
Definition
- Động từ (Verb):
- To contrive; to manage; to find a way: To use one's ingenuity, effort, and available resources to handle a difficult situation, solve a problem, or obtain something needed, often with limited means.
- To cope; to get by: To deal successfully with a challenging or complicated circumstance.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Anh ấy rất giỏi xoay xở trong những tình huống khó khăn. (He is very good at contriving solutions in difficult situations.)
- Chúng tôi phải xoay xở để có đủ tiền trả học phí. (We had to find a way to get enough money to pay the tuition.)
- Chỉ còn một ngày nữa là đến hạn, tôi không biết xoay xở thế nào. (The deadline is in just one day; I don't know how to manage.)
Advanced Usage
- The word often implies a sense of struggle, cleverness, and using all possible means, sometimes informal or unconventional, to achieve a goal.
- It can be used reflexively to emphasize self-reliance: (to manage all by oneself).
Variants and Related Words
- Xoay sở: This is a common variant with the same meaning as xoay xở.
- Lo xoay xở (v): To be busy managing or contriving to arrange something.
- Anh ấy đang lo xoay xở khoản vay ngân hàng. (He is busy trying to arrange the bank loan.)
Synonyms
- To manage: To handle or control a situation.
- To contrive: To create or bring about by clever use of resources.
- To cope: To deal effectively with something difficult.
- To improvise: To make or arrange from whatever is available.
Related Idioms
- Hết cách xoay xở / Hết đường xoay xở: To be at one's wit's end; to have exhausted all possible options.
- Đến lúc đó thì thực sự hết đường xoay xở. (By that point, there was truly no way left to manage.)
verb
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contrive
