lực lưỡng
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Definition
- 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."