đông nghịt
Definition
- Adjective:
- Extremely crowded; packed; teeming: Describes a place or scene with an immense, dense, and tightly packed multitude of people or things, often to the point of being difficult to move through.
- Swarming; jam-packed: Emphasizes an overwhelming and chaotic density.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Đường phố đông nghịt người vào giờ cao điểm. (The streets are jam-packed with people during rush hour.)
- Hội chợ đông nghịt những gian hàng và khách tham quan. (The fair is teeming with stalls and visitors.)
- Sân bay đông nghịt hành khách dịp lễ. (The airport is swarming with passengers during the holiday.)
Advanced Usage
- Often used in its reduplicative form "đông nghìn nghịt" to intensify the meaning of extreme, countless multitudes.
- Chợ hoa xuân đông nghìn nghịt, chen chúc không lối đi. (The spring flower market is incredibly packed, jostling with no way to walk.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đông đúc (adj): Crowded, populous. (Less intense than "đông nghịt").
- Thành phố này rất đông đúc. (This city is very crowded.)
- Chen chúc (v): To jostle, to push and shove in a crowd.
- Mọi người chen chúc nhau để mua vé. (People jostled each other to buy tickets.)
Synonyms
- Packed: Filled with a large number of people or things.
- Teeming: Abundantly filled with moving beings.
- Swarming: Moving in a dense, busy mass.
- Jam-packed: Extremely full and crowded.
Related Idioms
- Đông như kiến: As crowded as ants. (A simile for a dense, swarming crowd).
- Bãi biển đông như kiến vào mùa hè. (The beach is as crowded as ants in the summer.)
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Compact
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Đám người đông nghịtA compact crowd
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Đông nghìn nghịt (láy, ý mức độ nhiều)
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