đưa thoi
Definition
- Verb Phrase:
- To shuttle back and forth; to go to and fro: Describes rapid, repetitive movement between two points, often in a straight line or along a fixed path, resembling the motion of a weaving shuttle.
- To pass very quickly; to fly by (of time): Used figuratively to indicate that time passes swiftly and incessantly.
Usage Examples
- Verb Phrase:
- Chiếc xe buýt đưa thoi giữa trung tâm thành phố và sân bay. (The bus shuttles back and forth between the city center and the airport.)
- Thời gian đưa thoi, mới đó mà đã mười năm. (Time flies; it's been ten years in the blink of an eye.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase is often used in literary or descriptive contexts to evoke a sense of constant, rhythmic motion or the fleeting nature of time.
Variants and Related Words
- Đưa (v): to bring, to take, to hand over, to lead.
- Thoi (n): a shuttle (a tool used in weaving to carry the thread back and forth).
Synonyms
- To shuttle: to travel regularly between places.
- To go back and forth: to move repeatedly between two points.
- To fly by: to pass very quickly (for time).
Related Idioms
- Thời gian thấm thoát thoi đưa: Time slips away like a shuttle. This idiom emphasizes the swift and unstoppable passage of time.
- Thời gian thấm thoát thoi đưa, chúng ta đều đã già đi. (Time slips away like a shuttle; we have all grown old.)