chóa mắt
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Dazzled, temporarily blinded by intense light: Describes the state of the eyes being overwhelmed by a sudden, strong light, causing temporary vision impairment or discomfort.
- Glaring, excessively bright: Describes a light source that is so intense it causes visual discomfort or difficulty in looking directly at it.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Ánh đèn pha ô tô làm tôi chóa mắt. (The car's headlights made me dazzled.)
- Mặt trời phản chiếu trên tuyết trắng thật là chóa mắt. (The sun reflecting off the white snow is truly glaring.)
- Cô ấy bước ra từ rạp chiếu phim và bị chóa mắt vì ánh sáng ban ngày. (She stepped out of the cinema and was dazzled by the daylight.)
Advanced Usage
"làm chóa mắt": to dazzle, to glare.
- Chiếc đèn trang trí đó có thể làm chóa mắt bất cứ ai nhìn vào. (That decorative light can dazzle anyone who looks at it.)
"cảm giác chóa mắt": a feeling of being dazzled.
- Tôi có cảm giác chóa mắt khi bước vào căn phòng toàn màu trắng dưới ánh đèn sáng. (I had a feeling of being dazzled when entering the all-white room under bright lights.)
Variants and Related Words
- Chói (adj): Glaring, dazzling (often used interchangeably with "chóa mắt" but can sometimes imply a slightly less intense or more general brightness).
- Ánh nắng quá chói. (The sunlight is too glaring.)
- Lóa mắt (adj): A synonym for "chóa mắt," meaning dazzled or blinded by light.
- Tia lửa hàn làm anh thợ lóa mắt. (The welding spark dazzled the worker.)
Synonyms
- Bị lóa: to be dazzled/blinded.
- Chói lọi: brilliantly bright, radiant (often with a positive connotation of splendor).
Related Phrases
- Chói mắt: This phrase is very similar and often used interchangeably with "chóa mắt" to mean glaring or dazzling to the eyes.
- Màn hình điện thoại để độ sáng cao thật chói mắt. (The phone screen at high brightness is really glaring.)
Related Idioms
- Sáng chói/chói sáng: to shine brightly, to be radiant. While not an idiom with "chóa mắt," it relates to the concept of intense light.
- Tương lai của cô ấy thật sáng chói. (Her future is very bright.)
- Glaring