Definition

1. Verb:
   • To depict faithfully / to portray accurately: To describe or represent something in a complete and truthful manner, capturing its essential nature or characteristics.
   • To render fully / to express completely: To convey an idea, feeling, or image in its entirety without omission.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Tác phẩm này lột tả chân thực cuộc sống của người nông dân. (This work faithfully depicts the life of farmers.)
  • Người họa sĩ muốn lột tả vẻ đẹp của thiên nhiên. (The painter wants to fully render the beauty of nature.)
  • Bài viết đã lột tả được nỗi cô đơn của nhân vật. (The article successfully expressed the character's loneliness completely.)

Advanced Usage

• Often used in literary, artistic, or analytical contexts to discuss the effectiveness of representation.
• Implies a depth of understanding and a successful, thorough conveyance of the subject's core essence.

Variants and Related Words

• Miêu tả (v): to describe. (A more general term for description, not necessarily implying the same depth or completeness as "lột tả").
• Khắc họa (v): to portray, to delineate. (Often used for vivid artistic or character portrayal).

Synonyms

• Depict: to represent by a drawing, painting, or other art form.
• Portray: to describe or represent in words or art.
• Render: to represent or depict artistically.
• Capture: to represent or record accurately.

Related Idioms

• While "lột tả" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, its meaning is conceptually related to the idea of "bóc trần sự thật" (to strip bare the truth) in its pursuit of complete and accurate representation.