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Vietnamese
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Verb
đưa • (迻, 多, 拸)
- (transitive) to bring, to take, to give, to hand
Tôi đưa tiền cho ông ấy rồi.- I already gave him some money.
- đưa thư đến tận tay ― to deliver a letter to hands
- đưa tin cho báo ― to tip off a newspaper
- (transitive) to lead, to guide, to drive
- đưa trâu ra đồng ― to take the water buffalo out to the field
- đưa khách đi tham quan ― to take the guests sightseeing
- đưa bóng vào lưới ― to drive the ball into the net
- (transitive) to reach out (to extend one's hand, foot, etc.); to brandish
Đưa tay đỡ lấy đứa bé đi.- Come and lend the baby a hand.
Nó đưa chân đá trái banh.- He kicked the ball with his foot.
- đưa dao ra hăm dọa ― to brandish a knife menacingly
- đưa đầu chịu đòn ― to show one's head to accept punishment
- (transitive) to put into
Đưa tất cả công sức vào việc này.- Put all your effort into this task.
- đưa tiền ra mua chuộc ― to put out money to bribe
- (transitive, only in compounds) to bring up
Các báo đã đưa tin…- The newspapers have reported…
- đưa vấn đề ra thảo luận ― bring up the issue for discussion
- (transitive) to accompany, to escort
- đưa khách ra đến tận cổng ― to accompany the guests to the outermost gate
- đưa bạn lên đường ― to accompany a friend on the road
- (transitive, figuratively) to lead to, to guide to, to drive an outcome
- đưa cuộc kháng chiến tới thắng lợi ― to lead the resistance to victory
Chủ quan đưa đến thất bại.- Subjectivity leads to failure.
- (intransitive or transitive) to shuffle, to shift, to swing (to move in a slovenly, dragging manner):
Mắt nó cứ đưa qua đảo lại.- The child's eyes kept shifting back and forth.
- đưa võng ru em ― to push a hammock to lull a child to sleep
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