dằng dịt
Definition
- Adjective:
- Densely tangled, intricately intertwined: Describes a state where things are densely and intricately interwoven, knotted, or entangled with each other, often making them difficult to separate or navigate. It emphasizes a high degree of complexity and density in the arrangement.
- Hopelessly entangled, inextricably intertwined: Can describe abstract situations that are complicated, messy, and difficult to resolve.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Dây điện chằng chịt dằng dịt trên cột. (The electrical wires are densely tangled on the pole.)
- Mối quan hệ giữa họ trở nên dằng dịt, khó mà gỡ ra được. (Their relationship became hopelessly entangled, difficult to unravel.)
- Lối đi trong khu rừng này dằng dịt những dây leo. (The path in this forest is densely tangled with vines.)
Advanced Usage
- Used to describe both physical tangles (ropes, wires, roots) and metaphorical complexities (relationships, problems, plots).
- Vụ án có nhiều tình tiết dằng dịt. (The case has many intricately tangled details.)
- Often conveys a negative connotation of messiness, obstruction, or complication.
Variants and Related Words
- Chằng chịt (adj): The more standard synonym, meaning densely crisscrossed, tangled, or covered with a network of lines. "Dằng dịt" is considered a dialectal or stylistic variant of "chằng chịt".
- Rối tung (adj): Messily tangled, in a state of disarray.
- Rối rắm (adj): Complicated, intricate (often for abstract matters).
Synonyms
- Tangled: twisted together untidily.
- Intricate: very complicated or detailed.
- Inextricable: impossible to disentangle or separate.
Related Phrases/Idioms
- Dằng dịt như tơ vò: (Tangled like a spider's web) An idiom emphasizing extreme intricacy and entanglement.
- Câu chuyện của họ dằng dịt như tơ vò. (Their story is tangled like a spider's web.)