chồng đống

Sách vở chồng đống trên bàn học.

Definition

1. Verb:

   • To pile up, to stack: To arrange objects on top of each other in a heap or stack, often in a disorderly or haphazard manner. This emphasizes the action of creating a pile.
   • To accumulate, to amass: To gather or collect things in large, often unorganized, quantities over time.

2. Noun:

   • A pile, a heap, a stack: A collection of things lying one on top of another, often in a messy or untidy way. It implies a substantial, sometimes overwhelming, quantity.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Sách vở chồng đống trên bàn làm việc. (Books and papers are piled up on the desk.)
  • Công việc cứ chồng đống lên khiến tôi căng thẳng. (Work just keeps piling up, making me stressed.)

• Noun:

  • Phía sau nhà kho là một chồng đống gỗ cũ. (Behind the warehouse is a pile of old wood.)
  • Anh ấy phải đối mặt với một chồng đống hóa đơn chưa thanh toán. (He has to face a heap of unpaid bills.)

Advanced Usage

• "chồng đống chất": An intensified form meaning "to be piled high," emphasizing a very large, dense accumulation.

  • Rác thải chồng đống chất ở bãi rác. (Waste is piled high at the landfill.)

• "chất chồng đống": A synonymous phrase with the same meaning, often used for stylistic variation.

  • Nỗi lo chất chồng đống trong lòng cô ấy. (Worries are piled up in her heart.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chất đống (verb): To pile into a heap. A very close synonym, sometimes used interchangeably with "chồng đống."

  • Chất đống đồ đạc cũ trong gara. (To pile up old stuff in the garage.)

• Đống (noun): A heap, a pile. The core noun component of "chồng đống."

  • một đống sách (a pile of books)

• Chồng (verb/noun): As a verb, it means to stack neatly (e.g., chồng bát đĩa - to stack plates). As a noun, it means "husband" or a "layer." In "chồng đống," it contributes the meaning of layering or stacking.

Synonyms

• Verb: Chất đống (to pile up), xếp chồng (to stack, often more orderly).
• Noun: Đống (pile, heap), núi (mountain - used figuratively, e.g., - a mountain of work).

Related Idioms/Phrases

• "Công việc chồng chất như núi": An idiom meaning "work is piling up like a mountain," describing an overwhelming amount of work.

  • Tuần này công việc chồng chất như núi. (This week, work is piling up like a mountain.)

• "Chồng chất nợ nần": A phrase meaning "debts are piling up."

  • Công ty đang đối mặt với những khoản nợ chồng chất. (The company is facing piled-up debts.)