lắm tiền

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Definition

1. Adjective:
   • To have a lot of money; to be very wealthy or rich. This is a common and direct description of a person's or entity's financial state, emphasizing abundance.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ông chủ mới của công ty đó lắm tiền. (The new owner of that company is very rich.)
  • Khu phố này toàn dân lắm tiền sinh sống. (This neighborhood is full of wealthy people.)
  • Trông bộ dạng của anh ta thì biết là lắm tiền. (Just by his appearance, you can tell he has a lot of money.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is often used in comparative or contrasting structures.
  • Lắm tiền nhưng không biết cách hưởng thụ cũng phí. (Being rich but not knowing how to enjoy life is a waste.)
• It can be used somewhat idiomatically to describe something as expensive or high-value.
  • Chiếc xe này trông "lắm tiền" thật. (This car looks really "expensive"/high-end.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giàu có (adj): Rich, affluent. A more formal synonym.
• Dư dả (adj): Well-off, comfortable, having more than enough. Slightly less intense than "lắm tiền".
• Tỷ phú (n): Billionaire.
• Triệu phú (n): Millionaire.

Synonyms

• Wealthy: Having a great deal of money, resources, or assets.
• Affluent: Having a plentiful supply of money; wealthy.
• Well-to-do: Prosperous; wealthy.

Related Idioms

• Tiền rừng bạc bể: To have "money like forests and silver like seas"; an idiom denoting immense, almost uncountable wealth.
  • Gia tộc họ kinh doanh từ lâu đời, đúng là tiền rừng bạc bể. (Their family has been in business for generations; they have immense wealth.)
• Giàu nứt đố đổ vách: Extremely rich (literally, "so rich the walls are splitting").
  • Nhà họ giàu nứt đố đổ vách, đi đâu cũng có xe đưa rước. (Their family is filthy rich, they have chauffeurs everywhere they go.)

Học thuật

adj

1. to have a lot of money