Definition

1. Noun:
   • Mire; deep mud: Wet, soft, and dirty earth, especially of a deep, sticky, and unpleasant kind.
   • Squalor; filth: A state of being extremely dirty and unpleasant, often due to neglect or poverty. It metaphorically describes a degrading physical or moral environment.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Sau cơn bão, con đường biến thành một biển bùn dơ. (After the storm, the road turned into a sea of mire.)
  • Căn nhà ấy là nơi chứa đầy bùn dơ và rác rưởi. (That house is a place full of squalor and garbage.)
  • Hắn ta chìm sâu trong bùn dơ của tội lỗi. (He sank deep into the mire of sin.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in literary or formal contexts to evoke a strong sense of physical dirtiness or moral corruption.
• It can describe both literal, physical conditions (like a muddy swamp) and figurative, abstract states (like a corrupt society).

Variants and Related Words

• Bùn (n): Mud; wet soil.
  • Đứa trẻ nghịch bùn ngoài vườn. (The child plays with mud in the garden.)
• Dơ bẩn (adj): Dirty; filthy.
  • Cái ao nước dơ bẩn. (The filthy pond.)

Synonyms

• Mire: A stretch of swampy or boggy ground; a troublesome situation.
• Squalor: The state of being extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect.
• Filth: Disgusting dirt or refuse.

Related Idioms

• Lăn lộn trong bùn dơ: To wallow in the mire; to be deeply involved in a dirty or corrupt environment or business.
  • Hắn đã lăn lộn trong bùn dơ của giới xã hội đen. (He wallowed in the mire of the underworld.)

1. Mire; squalor