Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Suffuse, overflowing: Describes something that is filled to the point of overflowing, often with a liquid or, more commonly, with an intense, abundant emotion or quality.
   • Profuse, brimming: Conveys a sense of being full and rich with a particular feeling, such as love, hope, or happiness.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Nước mắt chứa chan. (Overflowing tears.)
  • Cái nhìn chứa chan tình thương. (A look suffused with love.)
  • Hi vọng chứa chan. (Brimming/Overflowing hopes.)
  • Những tháng ngày chứa chan hạnh phúc. (Days brimming with happiness.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is primarily literary and poetic, used to add emotional depth and intensity to descriptions. It is more common in written Vietnamese than in everyday speech.

Variants and Related Words

• Chan chứa (adj): A near-synonymous variant with the same meaning of being overflowing or brimming, often used interchangeably with .
  • Lòng tôi chan chứa yêu thương. (My heart is brimming with love.)

Synonyms

• Brimming: Full to the point of overflowing.
• Suffused: Spread throughout or filled with a quality or emotion.
• Abundant: Existing in large quantities; plentiful.
• Profuse: Very plentiful; abundant.

Related Idioms

• While itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, its meaning is idiomatic in nature, describing an abundance that overflows its container, whether literal or metaphorical.

adj

1. Suffuse, overflowing
   • nước mắt chứa chan
     overflowing tears
   • cái nhìn chứa chan tình thương
     a look suffuse with love
   • hi vọng chứa chan
     overflowing hopes