choáng mắt
Definition
- Adjective:
- Dazzling, blinding: Describes something so bright or intense that it temporarily impairs vision or is difficult to look at directly.
- Overwhelming, stunning: Describes something so impressive, lavish, or abundant that it overwhelms the senses or perception.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Ánh đèn pha ô tô quá choáng mắt. (The car's headlights are too dazzling.)
- Cô ấy xuất hiện với bộ trang sức lấp lánh choáng mắt. (She appeared with sparkling jewelry that was stunning.)
- Sự xa hoa trong căn biệt thự khiến khách mời choáng mắt. (The luxury in the villa left the guests dazzled.)
Advanced Usage
- Used figuratively: Often used to describe non-visual things that are mentally or emotionally overwhelming.
- Tốc độ phát triển của thành phố thực sự choáng mắt. (The city's development speed is truly mind-boggling.)
- Causative structure: Can be used in a structure where the subject causes the "choáng mắt" state.
- Cảnh tượng ấy choáng mắt người xem. (That scene dazzles the viewers.)
Variants and Related Words
- Choáng (verb/adjective): To be stunned, overwhelmed, or dizzy. A more general term for a state of shock or overwhelm, not limited to vision.
- Tôi choáng trước tin đó. (I am stunned by that news.)
- Chói mắt (adjective): Glaring, blinding (light). Often used more literally for harsh light than "choáng mắt."
- Ánh nắng chói mắt. (The sunlight is glaring.)
- Lóa mắt (verb/adjective): To be dazzled/blinded (by a sudden flash of light). Emphasizes a sudden, flash-like effect.
- Đèn flash lóa mắt tôi. (The flash blinded me.)
Synonyms
- Lóa mắt: Dazzled (by light).
- Chói mắt: Glaring.
- Sửng sốt: Astonished, amazed (more about mental surprise).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
(This section is less common for adjectives in Vietnamese, but here are common collocations.) - Làm cho choáng mắt: To dazzle, to make someone dazzled. - Vẻ đẹp của cô ấy làm cho mọi người choáng mắt. (Her beauty dazzles everyone.) - Cảm thấy choáng mắt: To feel dazzled/overwhelmed. - Tôi cảm thấy choáng mắt trước sự phức tạp của vấn đề. (I feel overwhelmed by the complexity of the issue.)
Related Idioms
- Tiền bạc choáng mắt: Blinded by money (to be so greedy for money that one loses moral judgment).
- Hắn ta vì tiền bạc choáng mắt mà phản bội bạn bè. (He, blinded by money, betrayed his friends.)
- Choáng mắt choáng váng: To be utterly dazzled and dizzy (emphasizes a state of complete sensory overload).
- Bước vào hội trường, tôi choáng mắt choáng váng. (Entering the hall, I was completely dazzled and overwhelmed.)