phá
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Definition
- Verb:
- To destroy, to demolish: To cause something to be completely ruined, broken, or pulled down.
- To break, to disrupt: To end a state, condition, or pattern by force or action.
- To burst out: To suddenly and forcefully express a sound or emotion.
- To break (a record): To surpass a previous limit or achievement.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Họ phá ngôi nhà cũ để xây mới. (They demolished the old house to build a new one.)
- Tiếng chuông phá tan sự im lặng. (The bell broke the silence.)
- Mọi người phá lên cười. (Everyone burst out laughing.)
- Vận động viên đó phá kỷ lục thế giới. (That athlete broke the world record.)
Advanced Usage
- "phá sản": to go bankrupt.
- Công ty đó đã phá sản. (That company went bankrupt.)
- "phá thai": to have an abortion.
- Việc phá thai không an toàn rất nguy hiểm. (Unsafe abortion is very dangerous.)
- "phá giá": to devalue, to engage in price-cutting.
- Họ phá giá để cạnh tranh. (They cut prices to compete.)
Variants and Related Words
- Phá hoại (v): to sabotage, to vandalize.
- Kẻ gian phá hoại tài sản. (The vandal damaged the property.)
- Phá vỡ (v): to shatter, to break (often figuratively).
- Họ phá vỡ thế bế tắc. (They broke the deadlock.)
- Phá cách (v): to break with convention, to be unconventional.
- Nhà thiết kế này thích phá cách. (This designer likes to break conventions.)
Synonyms
- Destroy: to ruin completely.
- Demolish: to pull or knock down (a building).
- Break: to separate into pieces or to interrupt.
- Burst out: to begin suddenly and forcefully.
Related Idioms
- Phá cơi: to break the limit, to go all out (often in spending or effort).
- Anh ấy phá cơi mua quà cho con. (He went all out buying gifts for his child.)
- Phá bĩnh: to spoil the fun, to be a party pooper.
- Đừng có phá bĩnh buổi tiệc. (Don't be a party pooper.)
verb
- to destroy, to demolish
- phá rừngto destroy forest to break
- phá tan sự im lặngto break a silence to burst out
- phá lên cườito burst out laughing