yếu lược
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- 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).