chất đống
Definitions
- Verb:
- To pile up, to heap, to stack: To gather and place objects in a disorganized or untidy heap, often implying a large quantity.
- To accumulate in a disorderly manner: To cause things to collect into a pile, often haphazardly.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Sau trận bão, người dân phải chất đống những cành cây gãy bên đường. (After the storm, the residents had to pile up the broken branches by the roadside.)
- Đừng chất đống quần áo bẩn trong phòng. (Don't heap up dirty clothes in the room.)
- Công nhân đang chất đống bao cát để chắn lũ. (The workers are stacking sandbags to block the flood.)
Advanced Usage
- Used figuratively to describe accumulating abstract things: While less common, it can be used metaphorically for non-physical accumulation.
- Anh ấy chất đống nợ nần vì kinh doanh thất bại. (He piled up debts due to business failure.)
Variants and Related Words
- Chất (verb): To load, to place a load. The core meaning is to put a substance or objects somewhere.
- Đống (noun): A pile, a heap. Refers to the resulting mound of items.
- Chất cao (verb phrase): To stack high. Emphasizes the height of the pile.
- Xếp đống (verb phrase): To arrange into a pile. Can imply slightly more order than "chất đống".
Synonyms
- Chồng chất (verb): To pile up, to stack up. Often used for both physical objects and abstract problems (e.g., công việc chồng chất - work piles up).
- Xếp chồng (verb phrase): To stack in layers. Implies more neatness and order.
- Tích tụ (verb): To accumulate, to gather. More general, often for gradual collection over time.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Chất đầy (verb phrase): To fill by piling. Focuses on filling a space.
- Họ chất đầy thùng xe bằng đồ đạc cũ. (They filled the truck bed by piling up old belongings.)
Related Idioms
- Chất như núi (idiom): Piled up like a mountain. Emphasizes an extremely large, overwhelming quantity.
- Công việc tồn đọng chất như núi. (The backlog of work is piled up like a mountain.)