kham
Definition
- Verb:
- To bear; to endure; to withstand: "kham" means to have the capacity or strength to tolerate something difficult, challenging, or unpleasant, such as hardship, heavy work, or suffering.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Anh ấy kham được công việc vất vả này. (He can endure this hard work.)
- Cô ấy kham khổ rất giỏi. (She is very good at bearing hardship.)
- Sức khỏe yếu nên tôi không kham nổi. (Due to poor health, I cannot bear it.)
Advanced Usage
- "khả kham": bearable, endurable.
- Gánh nặng này vẫn còn khả kham. (This burden is still bearable.)
- "bất kham": unbearable, unendurable.
- Nỗi đau thể xác lẫn tinh thần là bất kham. (The physical and mental pain is unbearable.)
Variants and Related Words
- Chịu đựng (verb): to endure, to tolerate. (A common synonym with a very similar meaning.)
- Kham khổ (adjective/adverbial phrase): enduring hardship; living a hard but enduring life.
- Cuộc sống kham khổ ở vùng cao. (The hardscrabble life in the highlands.)
Synonyms
- Chịu: to bear, to suffer.
- Chịu đựng: to endure, to tolerate.
- Cầm cự: to hold out, to endure (often in a difficult situation).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
(Note: "kham" is typically used with complements rather than forming phrasal verbs with prepositions.) - Kham được: to be able to bear/endure. - Không biết anh ta có kham được không. (I don't know if he can endure it.) - Kham nổi: to be able to bear/endure (often in negative constructions). - Sức tôi không kham nổi việc đó. (My strength cannot bear that task.)
Related Idioms
- Kham việc: to be capable of handling (heavy) work.
- Anh ấy là người rất kham việc. (He is a very capable and hardworking person.)
- Ăn kham ở kham: to live a simple, frugal, and enduring life.
- Cả đời cụ ăn kham ở kham để nuôi con ăn học. (All her life, she lived frugally and endured hardship to raise and educate her children.)
verb
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to bear; to endure
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không kham nổiunendurable
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