like: be like → →
to be like one’s father, have one’s father’s spirit ☊ 
giống tính cha ☊ to not be thus, not be like that ☊ không như vậy ☊ to be like that, to be thus ☊ là như vậy ☊ won’t be like that anymore ☊ sẽ không như thế nữa ☊ to not be this way, not be like this ☊ đâu có như thế này ☊ She didn't know what life in a foreign country would be like. ☊ country ☊
I had some idea of what the job would be like. ☊ idea ☊
imagine what, how, etc...: Can you imagine what it must be like to lose your job after 20 years? ☊ imagine ☊
My father was one of a kind—I'll never be like him. ☊ one of a kind ☊