bảo

verb

• To tell, to say
  • bảo sao nghe vậy: to believe what one is told
  • ai bảo anh thế?: who told you?
  • ai không đi thì bảo: let him who doesn't want to go just say so
  • bảo gì làm nấy: to do what one is told
  • bảo nó ở lại: tell him to stay

khẩu ngữ

• It serves one right
  • thi hỏng là phải, ai bảo lười học: his failure at the exam was no surprise, it serves him right for being lazy