rối tung
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Definition
- Adjective/Stative Verb:
- Be intricately tangled or messed up: Describes a state where things, often physical objects like string, hair, or wires, are twisted together in a very complicated and disordered mass, making them difficult to separate.
- Be utterly confused or chaotic: Describes a state of mental confusion, disordered thoughts, or a situation that is in complete disarray and lacks any order.
Usage Examples
- Describing Physical Tangling:
- Sợi dây điện bị rối tung. (The electrical cord is intricately tangled.)
- Chỉ rối tung. (An intricately tangled spool of thread.)
- Describing Mental or Situational Chaos:
- Đầu óc tôi rối tung sau tin đó. (My mind was utterly confused after that news.)
- Căn phòng rối tung sau bữa tiệc. (The room was in complete disarray after the party.)
Advanced Usage
- Can function as a complement of state, often following verbs like bị (to be in a state of), làm (to make), or trở nên (to become).
- Đừng làm mọi thứ rối tung lên. (Don't make everything all messed up.)
- Kế hoạch trở nên rối tung. (The plan became chaotic.)
Variants and Related Words
- Rối (adj): tangled, confused. A simpler, less intense form.
- Tóc rối. (Tangled hair.)
- Rối bời (adj): deeply tangled or perplexed. Similar in intensity to "rối tung," often used for emotional or complex situations.
- Cảm xúc rối bời. (Tumultuous emotions.)
- Rối rắm (adj): complicated, intricate (often for problems or situations).
- Vấn đề rối rắm. (A complicated problem.)
Synonyms
- Tangled: twisted together.
- Chaotic: in complete disorder.
- Messed up: in a state of disarray (informal).
- Confused: unable to think clearly.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Rối như tơ vò: (Lit: tangled like silkworm thread) An idiom meaning extremely tangled or confused, emphasizing a state of great complexity.
- Sự việc rối như tơ vò. (The affair is as tangled as a skein of silk.)
- Làm rối tung mọi thứ: to mess everything up completely.
- Anh ta đã làm rối tung mọi thứ lên. (He messed everything up completely.)
- Be intricately tangled
- Cuốn chỉ rối tungAn intricately tangled spool of thread