đi tù
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Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To go to prison: The primary meaning of "đi tù" is to be sent to or to enter a prison or jail as a punishment for committing a crime. It describes the action of beginning a period of incarceration.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Kẻ giết người phải đi tù. (The murderer must go to prison.)
- Anh ta đã đi tù vì tội trộm cắp. (He went to prison for theft.)
- Sau khi bị tuyên án, bà ấy sẽ đi tù. (After being sentenced, she will go to prison.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase is neutral and factual, describing the legal consequence. It does not inherently carry connotations of the experience inside prison, which would be described by phrases like "ở tù" (to be in prison).
Variants and Related Words
Ở tù (v): to be in prison, to serve a prison sentence.
- Ông ấy đang ở tù mười năm. (He is serving ten years in prison.)
Vào tù (v): to enter prison. Often used interchangeably with "đi tù."
- Hắn sắp phải vào tù. (He is about to enter prison.)
Đi tù chung thân (v): to go to prison for life, to receive a life sentence.
- Bị cáo bị kết án đi tù chung thân. (The defendant was sentenced to life in prison.)
Synonyms
- To be imprisoned: to be put in prison.
- To be incarcerated: formal term for being confined in prison.
- To be sent to jail: to be committed to a jail or prison.
Related Idioms
- Đi tù như đi chơi: To go to prison as if going on a trip. An idiom suggesting a cavalier or unrepentant attitude towards being incarcerated.
- Hắn coi thường pháp luật, đi tù như đi chơi. (He scorns the law, going to prison as if it's a trip.)
- Go to prison