Definition

1. Noun:
   • A cast-off thing; a discarded object: "Khí vật" refers to an item that has been thrown away or abandoned because it is no longer wanted or considered useful.
   • Waste; refuse; junk: It can also denote something that is useless, worthless, or considered trash.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Căn gác mái đầy những khí vật cũ kỹ. (The attic is full of old cast-offs.)
  • Đừng vứt nó đi, nó không phải là khí vật đâu. (Don't throw it away; it's not junk.)
  • Anh ta thu thập những khí vật từ các bãi rác để tái chế. (He collects waste from landfills to recycle.)

Advanced Usage

• "coi như khí vật": to treat/consider as worthless trash.

  • Những ý tưởng cũ đó giờ bị coi như khí vật. (Those old ideas are now considered worthless trash.)

• "khí vật bỏ đi": discarded cast-offs; thrown-away waste.

  • Khu vực sau nhà kho chứa toàn khí vật bỏ đi. (The area behind the warehouse contains only discarded waste.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phế vật (n): Scrap, discard. Often used interchangeably with "khí vật" but can imply industrial or metallic scrap.
• Đồ bỏ đi (n): Things to be thrown away. A more common, colloquial phrase.
• Rác (n): Garbage, trash. A general term for waste, not specifically for objects that might have had prior value.

Synonyms

• Đồ vứt đi: Things thrown away.
• Đồ thải loại: Discarded items.
• Đồ phế thải: Scrap items, waste products.

Related Idioms

• Như khí vật vứt đi: Like thrown-away trash; used to describe something or someone treated with complete disregard.
  • Sau vụ bê bối, danh tiếng của ông ấy bị coi như khí vật vứt đi. (After the scandal, his reputation was treated like thrown-away trash.)

1. Cast-offthing, cast-off, waste