bứt

verb

• To tear, to snatch, to pluck
  • bứt tóc: to tear one's hair
  • bứt tóc ai: to snatch someone's hair
  • bứt lá: to pluck a leaf
  • bứt ra khỏi hàng ngũ: to tear oneself away from the ranks, to bread rank
  • tính anh ta hễ vào việc là đừng hòng bứt ra được: it is his character that when having begun his work he is not to be torn away from it

• To cut
  • bứt cỏ quên liềm: to leave one's sickle after cutting grass