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chồng chất

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Definition

  1. Verb:

    • To heap up / to pile up: To accumulate or stack things in a large, often untidy, mound or mass. It emphasizes a large quantity of things placed or gathered on top of each other.
    • To accumulate / to build up: To gather or increase in quantity over time, often to an excessive or overwhelming degree, typically used for abstract concepts like work, problems, or emotions.

  2. Adjective (functioning as a stative verb):

    • Heaped / piled-up / accumulated: Describes a state where things are in a piled-up or accumulated condition.
Usage Examples
  • Verb:
    • Công việc cứ chồng chất thêm mỗi ngày. (Work just keeps piling up every day.)
    • Họ chồng chất những hòn đá để làm bức tường. (They heaped up stones to make a wall.)
  • Adjective (stative):
    • Những vấn đề ở đây đã chồng chất từ nhiều năm. (The problems here have been accumulated for many years.)
    • Đồ đạc chồng chất trong kho. (Goods are piled up in the warehouse.)
Advanced Usage
  • Used figuratively to describe an overwhelming accumulation of non-physical things.
    • Nỗi buồn chồng chất trong lòng cô ấy. (Sadness piled up in her heart.)
    • Áp lực thi cử chồng chất. (Exam pressure is mounting.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Chất chồng (v): A synonym with the same meaning as "chồng chất," often used interchangeably.
    • Khó khăn chất chồng. (Difficulties are piling up.)
  • Chồng (v): To stack, to place on top of.
  • Chất đống (v): To pile into a heap (can imply more disorder than "chồng chất").
Synonyms
  • Accumulate: To gather or build up over time.
  • Pile up: To form a heap or mass.
  • Amass: To collect a large amount of something.
  • Stack up: To arrange in a stack.
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • Chồng chất gánh nặng: To be burdened with/heaped with responsibilities.
    • Anh ấy cảm thấy gánh nặng gia đình chồng chất. (He feels the family burdens piling up.)
  • Chồng chất oan khiên: To be laden with injustices/grievances (literary).
    • Một đời chồng chất oan khiên. (A life laden with grievances.)
chồng chất

Sách vở chồng chất ngổn ngang trên bàn.

  1. To heap up
    • đá đổ chồng chất lên nhau
      fallen stones were heaped up together
    • những món nợ chồng chất
      heaped up debts