đỡ đần
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Definition
- Verb:
- To give a friendly hand, to assist: "đỡ đần" means to help someone, especially with daily tasks or chores, often implying a kind, supportive, and sometimes physical assistance to lighten their burden.
- To relieve, to ease a burden: It can also mean to take on part of someone's work or responsibilities to provide them with relief.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Các con cố gắng đỡ đần bố mẹ việc nhà. (The children try to help their parents with the housework.)
- Anh ấy luôn sẵn sàng đỡ đần hàng xóm lúc khó khăn. (He is always ready to lend a hand to his neighbors in times of difficulty.)
- Tôi về sớm để đỡ đần vợ chăm sóc con nhỏ. (I came home early to help my wife take care of the young children.)
Advanced Usage
- "đỡ đần nhau": to help each other out, to support one another.
- Trong cuộc sống, mọi người cần biết đỡ đần nhau. (In life, people need to know how to help each other out.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đỡ (verb): to support, to hold up; to lessen (e.g., pain, difficulty). Often used in combination.
- Giúp đỡ (verb): to help, to assist. This is a more common and general synonym.
- Hỗ trợ (verb): to support, to aid (often in a more formal or systematic context).
- Phụ giúp (verb): to assist, to help out (often with tasks).
Synonyms
- Giúp: to help.
- Hỗ trợ: to support, to aid.
- Phụ giúp: to assist.
Related Phrases
- Đỡ đần công việc: to help with the work.
- Đỡ đần gánh nặng: to ease the burden.
- Give a friendly hand, assist