úy lạo
Definition
- Verb:
- To solace, to comfort, to console: "úy lạo" means to visit, inquire after, and offer comfort or encouragement to those who have worked hard, endured hardship, or suffered accidents for a common cause or public service. It conveys a sense of formal or official consolation and moral support.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Chính phủ tổ chức đoàn đi úy lạo các chiến sĩ ở biên giới. (The government organized a delegation to solace the soldiers at the border.)
- Ban lãnh đạo công ty đến bệnh viện để úy lạo công nhân bị tai nạn lao động. (The company's leadership went to the hospital to comfort the worker who had an occupational accident.)
Advanced Usage
- "úy lạo tinh thần": to provide moral solace/comfort.
- Hoạt động úy lạo tinh thần này rất có ý nghĩa với các gia đình liệt sĩ. (This activity of providing moral solace is very meaningful to the families of martyrs.)
Variants and Related Words
- Uỷ lạo: This is a common variant spelling of "úy lạo". The meaning is identical.
- An ủi (verb): to comfort, to console. This is a more general and commonly used synonym.
- Động viên (verb): to encourage, to motivate. While overlapping in spirit, "động viên" focuses more on encouragement for future action, whereas "úy lạo" focuses on consolation for past or present hardship.
Synonyms
- Console: to comfort someone in distress.
- Solace: to give comfort in grief or misfortune. This is the closest direct translation.
- Comfort: to ease the grief or trouble of.
Related Phrases / Idioms
(Note: "úy lạo" itself is a formal, set phrase and is not typically part of larger idiomatic expressions. Its usage is as shown in the examples.)
verb
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to solace
