chia lửa

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compound of chia (“divide; share”) +‎ lửa (“fire”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕiə˧˧ lɨə˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕiə˧˧ lɨə˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ciə˧˧ lɨə˨˩˦]

Noun

chia lửa

  1. (military) kind of field maneuver used to divert enemy hostile pressure to another area

Verb

chia lửa

  1. (literary) to help out in order to relieve the pressure on others
    • 1977, Hồ Phương, “Những người con của Hà Nội [Sons and daughters of Hanoi]”, in Đại Đoàn Kết, numbers 9-29, Ho Chi Minh City, pages 20-21:
      Đánh Mỹ ngay trên bầu trời thành phố, Hà Nội đã chia lửa với miền Nam
      Fighting the Americans in the city's sky, Hanoi has helped relieving the pressure on the Southern front.
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