lột tả
Definition
- 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.