bủng beo

Thân thiện

Sau trận ốm dài, mặt cô ấy trông bủng beo.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Sallow and thin: Describes a person's face or complexion that appears unnaturally pale, yellowish, and gaunt, often due to poor health, exhaustion, or malnutrition.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau trận ốm nặng, mặt anh ấy trông bủng beo. (After the serious illness, his face looked sallow and thin.)
  • Đứa trẻ thiếu ăn có khuôn mặt bủng beo. (The undernourished child has a sallow and thin face.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is almost exclusively used to describe facial appearance and carries a connotation of visible sickness or prolonged hardship. It is more descriptive and literary than casual.

Variants and Related Words

• Bủng (adj): Often used in combination, can imply a dull, pale, or unhealthy swelling or discoloration.
• Beo (adj): By itself, can mean thin or shriveled.

Synonyms

• Gaunt: Extremely thin and bony, often with a haggard appearance.
• Haggard: Looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering.
• Wan: Pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion.
• Cadaverous: Resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony.

Related Idioms

• While "bủng beo" itself is not typically part of a longer idiom, it is a vivid descriptive compound often found in literary or descriptive narratives about health and appearance.

Học thuật

1. Sallow and thin
   • mặt bủng beo
     a sallow and thin face