mạt
Definition
Noun:
- Mite: A very small arachnid, often parasitic, such as a bird mite.
- Dust / Particles / Sawdust: Fine particles or shavings produced by filing, sawing, or grinding materials like wood, iron, or stone.
Adjective:
- Very poor / Wretched: Describes something or someone of the lowest, most inferior, or most contemptible quality or status.
- Final and declining: Pertaining to the last, decadent stage of an era or period.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Chăn ga có thể bị nhiễm mạt. (Bedding can be infested with mites.)
- Anh quét đống mạt cưa trên sàn. (He swept the pile of sawdust from the floor.)
- Mạt sắt bám vào nam châm. (The iron filings stuck to the magnet.)
Adjective:
- Hắn ta là một kẻ đồ mạt. (He is a wretched scoundrel.)
- Ngày mạt nhất cũng kiếm đủ tiền ăn. (Even on the poorest day, I earn enough for food.)
- Đó là giai đoạn cuối thời Lê mạt. (That was the late period of the declining Le dynasty.)
Advanced Usage
"mạt hạng": lowest grade, bottom class.
- Khách sạn đó bị xếp vào loại mạt hạng. (That hotel is classified as bottom grade.)
"mạt thời": time of decline, decadent era.
- Triều đại ấy đang trong cảnh mạt thời. (That dynasty is in a time of decline.)
Variants and Related Words
- Bọ mạt (n): mite (the insect).
- Mạt cưa (n): sawdust.
- Rẻ mạt (adj): dirt cheap, contemptibly inexpensive.
Synonyms
- Noun: Dust, particles, filings, mite.
- Adjective: Inferior, wretched, lowly, decadent, terminal.
Related Idioms
Đồ mạt: A term of abuse meaning "wretch" or "contemptible person."
- Đồ mạt! Hãy cút đi! (You wretch! Get out of here!)
Mạt vận: bad luck, run of bad fortune (literally, "destiny of decline").
- Công ty đang gặp phải mạt vận. (The company is experiencing a run of bad luck.)
noun
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bird-mite
adj
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very foor
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