| [chiếu cố] |
| | to make allowances for something; to take something into account/consideration; to grant privileges to somebody |
| | Hợp tác xã chiếu cố đến các gia đình neo đơn, già yếu |
| The cooperative grants privileges to families short of manpower or with old and feeble members |
| | Chiếu cố các gia đình đông con khi phân phối nhà cửa |
| To grant privileges to large families when alloting housing |
| | Giảm nhẹ án tù vì chiếu cố hoàn cảnh phạm tội |
| To reduce a sentence, making allowances for the circumstances in which the offence was perpetrated (for extenuating circumstances) |
| | to condescend; to deign |
| | Cám ơn ngài đã chiếu cố quá bộ đến nhà |
| Thank you for having deigned to come (for the great honour you did me by coming) |