Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Elementary; basic; fundamental: Refers to the most essential, introductory, or foundational level of knowledge, study, or principles.
   • Abridged; summarized; concise: Refers to a condensed or summarized version of a larger body of work, capturing only the key points.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ông ấy có bằng sơ học yếu lược. (He has an elementary studies certificate.)
  • Cuốn "Sử học yếu lược" tóm tắt lịch sử Việt Nam. (The book "Abridged History" summarizes Vietnamese history.)
  • Đây chỉ là những kiến thức yếu lược. (This is just elementary knowledge.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in historical or formal academic contexts to describe official certificates of basic education or classic summary texts.
• It can function attributively before a noun (e.g., - elementary knowledge) and is somewhat formal.

Variants and Related Words

• Sơ học yếu lược (n): The full term for an elementary studies diploma or certificate, historically significant in the Vietnamese education system.
• Yếu điểm (n): Weak point, flaw (Note: Different meaning, but shares the character "yếu" meaning weak/essential).
• Tóm lược (v/n): To summarize; a summary (Shares the "lược" meaning of concise or abridged).

Synonyms

• Cơ bản: basic, fundamental.
• Sơ cấp: elementary, primary level.
• Tóm tắt: summarized, abridged.

Related Idioms

• While "yếu lược" itself is not commonly used in idioms, it is the key component in the fixed historical phrase "bằng sơ học yếu lược" (elementary studies certificate).

adj

1. elementary