móp mẹp
Definition
- Adjective:
- Crushed, flattened, or dented: Describes an object that has lost its original shape due to being pressed, squeezed, or impacted, resulting in a flattened, concave, or crumpled surface.
- Very dented or badly crushed: Emphasizes a severe degree of deformation, often implying the object is beyond its normal, usable shape.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Chiếc hộp bị móp mẹp sau khi rơi từ trên cao xuống. (The box was crushed flat after falling from a great height.)
- Ô tô đỗ bị cây đổ đè lên, nóc xe móp mẹp. (The parked car was hit by a falling tree, and its roof was badly dented.)
- Lon nước ngọt bị móp mẹp, không thể để trên bàn được nữa. (The soda can was completely crushed and could no longer stand on the table.)
Advanced Usage
- Often used for emphasis, with "móp mẹp" suggesting a more severe state than "móp" alone. It vividly describes the final, often ruined, state of an object.
- Can be used figuratively in informal contexts to describe something abstract that has been thoroughly defeated or rendered ineffective.
- Kế hoạch của họ bị phản đối móp mẹp. (Their plan was thoroughly crushed by opposition.)
Variants and Related Words
Móp (adj): dented, slightly crushed. This is the root word, with "mẹp" acting as an intensifying reduplication.
- Cánh cửa bị móp sau va chạm nhẹ. (The car door was dented after a minor collision.)
Bẹp (adj): flat, squashed flat. Often used similarly or in combination (e.g., bẹp móp).
- Quả bóng bay đã xẹp bẹp. (The balloon has deflated and gone flat.)
Synonyms
- Crushed: pressed with great force so as to break or flatten.
- Flattened: made flat.
- Dented: having a surface marked by a depression from a blow or pressure.
- Bashed in: (informal) severely dented or crushed inward.
Related Idioms
- Nói móp mẹp: (informal, figurative) to argue or talk someone into submission; to crush someone in a debate.
- Trong cuộc tranh luận, anh ấy bị đối thủ nói móp mẹp. (In the debate, he was completely talked into submission by his opponent.)
