lụn
Definition
- Verb:
- To dwindle; to diminish gradually: Refers to something decreasing slowly in intensity, strength, or size until it nearly disappears, often used for fire, light, or vitality.
- To be nearly exhausted; to be on the verge of ending: Describes a state where something is almost completely used up or finished.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Ngọn lửa trong lò sưởi đang lụn dần. (The fire in the fireplace is dwindling.)
- Sức khỏe của ông ấy lụn đi sau trận ốm. (His health diminished after the illness.)
- Cây nến đã lụn đến gần cuối. (The candle has burned down nearly to its end.)
Advanced Usage
- "lụn bại": to decline and fall into ruin; to degenerate.
- Công ty đó đang lụn bại vì quản lý kém. (That company is declining due to poor management.)
Variants and Related Words
- Lụn tàn (v): to wane and perish; to fade away completely.
- Hy vọng của họ dần lụn tàn. (Their hopes gradually faded away.)
Synonyms
- Diminish: to become smaller or less.
- Dwindle: to gradually reduce in size or intensity.
- Wane: to decrease in vigor or power.
- Subside: to become less intense or active.
Related Idioms
- Dầu hao bấc lụn: (lit. The oil wastes away, the wick dwindles) Describes resources or vitality being gradually exhausted.
- Sau nhiều năm vất vả, ông ấy cảm thấy như dầu hao bấc lụn. (After many hard years, he felt his vitality was completely spent.)
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be going out little by little (of a fire); be worn out by little little (of strength...)
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