cháy đen
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Carbonized; burnt black: Describes an object, typically food or organic material, that has been burned to the point of becoming blackened charcoal or ash. It implies complete combustion or charring.
- Charred; scorched black: Refers to something severely burned, often rendering it unusable or inedible, with a distinct black color from fire damage.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Món thịt quay cháy đen. (The roast meat is burnt black/carbonized.)
- Gỗ cháy đen. (The wood is charred black.)
- Cái bánh mì bị cháy đen trong lò nướng. (The bread was burnt black in the oven.)
Advanced Usage
- Used figuratively to describe extreme sunburn or skin damage.
- Da anh ấy cháy đen dưới nắng biển. (His skin was burnt black from the beach sun.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cháy (v): to burn, to be on fire.
- Căn nhà đang cháy. (The house is on fire.)
- Đen (adj): black.
- Màu đen. (The color black.)
Synonyms
- Carbonized: transformed into carbon or charcoal by burning.
- Charred: partially burned, blackened on the surface.
- Scorched: burned superficially, discoloring or blackening.
- Burnt to a crisp: (idiomatic) completely burned and blackened.
Related Idioms
- Cháy nhà: (literally "burning house") can be part of idioms meaning a major disaster or revealing the truth.
- Cháy nhà mới ra mặt chuột. (It takes a burning house to reveal the rats; meaning true character is revealed in a crisis.)
- Carbonized