Definition

1. Adjective/Adverbial phrase:
   • Fully satisfied, to one's heart's content, to the point of satiety: Expresses a state of complete fulfillment, satisfaction, or indulgence in a desire or activity. It often implies having had enough, or even more than enough, of something pleasurable.
   • Thoroughly, properly, to a great extent: Used to emphasize that an action is done completely, intensely, or to a sufficient degree, often with a sense of relish or finality.

Usage Examples

• As an adjective/adverbial phrase:
  • Tôi đã ăn uống đã đời rồi. (I have eaten to my heart's content / I am fully satisfied from eating.)
  • Hắn ta bị trừng phạt đã đời vì tội lỗi của mình. (He was punished thoroughly/properly for his crimes.)
  • Chuyến du lịch này thật đã đời! (This trip is truly satisfying / This is a trip that fully satisfies!)

Advanced Usage

• "Sống cho đã đời": to live life to the fullest, to indulge in life's pleasures.
  • Ông ấy quyết định nghỉ hưu sớm để sống cho đã đời. (He decided to retire early to live life to the fullest.)
• "Làm một cái gì đó cho đã đời": to do something thoroughly and with great satisfaction.
  • Hôm nay tôi sẽ ngủ cho đã đời. (Today I will sleep to my heart's content.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đã (adj/adv): Past tense marker; also can mean "satisfied" in some contexts (e.g., = to eat satisfyingly).
• Đã đặm (adj): Deeply satisfying, profoundly gratifying (less common, more literary).
• Thoả mãn (verb): To satisfy, to fulfill. This is a more standard, neutral synonym.

Synonyms

• Thoả thích: To one's liking/heart's content.
• Tới bến (slang): To the extreme, fully (literally "to the pier").
• No nê: Satiated (often used for eating, but can be metaphorical).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Được đã đời: To get one's full deserved share (often of something negative like punishment).
  • Tên trộm được đã đời khi bị cả xóm bắt gặp. (The thief got his full deserved comeuppance when the whole neighborhood caught him.)

Related Idioms

• Ăn chơi đã đời: To indulge in pleasure to satiety (as in the reference context).
  • Thời trẻ, ông ấy đã ăn chơi đã đời. (In his youth, he indulged in pleasure to satiety.)
• Trả thù đã đời: To take thorough/complete revenge.
  • Cuối cùng cô ấy cũng trả thù đã đời được kẻ phản bội. (She finally got her thorough revenge on the betrayer.)

1. To [the point of] satiety
   • Ăn chơi đã đời
     To indulge in pleasure to satiety