Definition

1. Noun:
   • Leftovers, remnants: Items that remain after the main part has been used, taken, or consumed. This often refers to excess food, but can also apply to materials or objects.
   • Surplus items: Things that are extra or no longer needed because the required amount has been met.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Đừng vứt đồ thừa sau bữa tiệc, hãy để tôi gói lại. (Don't throw away the leftovers after the party; let me pack them up.)
  • Anh thợ dùng đồ thừa của tấm ván để đóng một cái hộp nhỏ. (The carpenter used the remnants of the plank to make a small box.)
  • Cửa hàng bán đồ thừa từ các đơn đặt hàng công nghiệp với giá rẻ. (The store sells surplus items from industrial orders at a cheap price.)

Advanced Usage

• The term can imply something is of lesser value because it is excess or scrap, but this is not always the case.
• "Đồ thừa thãi": This intensified form emphasizes something is completely superfluous, useless, or wasteful.
  • Những lời hứa suông ấy chỉ là đồ thừa thãi. (Those empty promises are just useless clutter.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thức ăn thừa (n): Specifically refers to leftover food.

  • Thức ăn thừa nên được bảo quản trong tủ lạnh. (Leftover food should be stored in the refrigerator.)

• Vật thừa (n): A more formal or general term for a surplus item or remnant.

Synonyms

• Leftovers: Remaining food.
• Remnants: Small remaining quantities of fabric or material.
• Surplus: An amount left over when requirements have been met.
• Scraps: Small pieces or amounts of something left over.

Related Idioms

• Đồ bỏ đi: Literally "things to throw away," meaning trash or junk. This is stronger than "đồ thừa," implying no value or use.

  • Cái máy cũ đó giờ chỉ là đồ bỏ đi. (That old machine is now just junk.)

• Thừa mứa: To be in excess, to be more than enough (often used for abundance, not necessarily waste).

  • Nhà họ có tiền thừa mứa. (Their family has more than enough money.)

1. Lefttovers,remnant