Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Strong; burly; robust: Describes a person, typically male, who has a large, muscular, and powerful physical build, suggesting great strength and solidity.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy là một người đàn ông lực lưỡng. (He is a strong/burly man.)
  • Những người thợ xây đều rất lực lưỡng. (The construction workers are all very robust.)
  • Vai diễn đó cần một diễn viên có vóc dáng lực lưỡng. (That role requires an actor with a burly physique.)

Advanced Usage

• The word lực lưỡng is almost exclusively used to describe the physical build of a person, emphasizing both size and strength. It carries a positive connotation of health, vigor, and capability for hard physical labor.
• It is less commonly used to describe objects, and if so, it would be in a metaphorical sense to imply something is solid, sturdy, or powerfully built (e.g., - the burly tank).

Variants and Related Words

• Lực lượng (n): Force, troops (a completely different word meaning a group of people organized for a purpose, like military force).
• Khỏe mạnh (adj): Healthy, fit (emphasizes health more than physical bulk).
• Vạm vỡ (adj): Sturdily built, brawny (a very close synonym to lực lưỡng).

Synonyms

• Vạm vỡ: Brawny, sturdily built.
• Cường tráng: Strong and healthy, vigorous.
• To khỏe: Big and strong.

Antonyms

• Gầy yếu: Thin and weak.
• Mảnh khảnh: Slender, slim.
• Ốm yếu: Sickly, frail.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• Lực bất tòng tâm: (Idiom) The strength is not enough to follow the heart's desire; meaning one's physical ability or strength cannot match one's will or ambition. This idiom uses lực (strength), not lực lưỡng, but is a common phrase containing the root word.
• Chân tay lực lưỡng: A descriptive phrase meaning "with strong/burly limbs."

adj

1. strong; burly