căn cắt
Definition
- Adjective:
- Bitingly cold, piercingly cold: Describes an intense, sharp, and penetrating cold that chills to the bone. It emphasizes the physical sensation of cold that seems to cut through clothing and skin.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Trời đông miền Bắc với cái lạnh căn cắt. (Northern winters bring a bitingly cold chill.)
- Gió từ biển thổi vào mang theo hơi lạnh căn cắt. (The wind blowing from the sea carries a piercingly cold air.)
Advanced Usage
- "cái lạnh căn cắt": the biting/piercing cold.
- Cái lạnh căn cắt của vùng núi khiến ai cũng phải mặc thật ấm. (The piercing cold of the mountainous region forces everyone to dress very warmly.)
- "gió căn cắt": a cutting/piercing wind.
- Những cơn gió căn cắt thổi qua đồng hoang. (Cutting winds blew across the moor.)
Variants and Related Words
- Lạnh buốt (adj): bitterly cold, freezing cold. (A close synonym, but often implies a sharper, more cutting sensation.)
- Lạnh thấu xương (adj): bone-chilling cold. (An idiom describing a similar intense cold.)
- Giá rét (n): severe cold, frosty weather. (Refers more to the cold weather condition itself.)
Synonyms
- Lạnh buốt: bitterly cold.
- Lạnh thấu xương: bone-chilling.
- Lạnh cóng: freezing cold.
Related Idioms
- Lạnh cắt da cắt thịt: (idiom) cold that cuts skin and flesh. This idiom is a more vivid and graphic expression of the same concept as .
- Ngoài trời lạnh cắt da cắt thịt. (It's bitterly cold outside, cold enough to cut skin.)