mỏi nhừ
Definition
- Adjective:
- Completely exhausted / utterly fatigued: Describes a state of extreme physical tiredness, where the muscles feel sore and depleted of energy. It implies a deeper and more pervasive fatigue than simply "mỏi" (tired).
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Sau chuyến leo núi dài, tôi cảm thấy mỏi nhừ. (After the long hike, I felt completely exhausted.)
- Làm việc đồng áng cả ngày khiến các cơ bắp mỏi nhừ. (Working in the fields all day made the muscles utterly fatigued.)
- Tập thể dục quá sức, chân tay mỏi nhừ. (Exercising too hard, my limbs are completely worn out.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used to emphasize the physical sensation of fatigue, particularly in muscles and limbs, resulting from prolonged or intense activity.
Variants and Related Words
- Mỏi (adj): tired, weary. This is the root word, with "nhừ" acting as an intensifier.
- Mệt lử / Mệt nhoài (adj): synonyms indicating extreme tiredness.
- Nhừ tử (adj): an even stronger intensifier, as in "đánh nhừ tử" (to beat to a pulp), showing "nhừ" can convey a sense of being thoroughly affected.
Synonyms
- Exhausted: drained of strength or energy.
- Worn out: extremely tired, especially from hard work.
- Fatigued: a state of extreme tiredness.
- Weary: feeling or showing tiredness.
Related Idioms
- While "mỏi nhừ" itself is not an idiom, it functions as a common and vivid descriptive phrase for fatigue. It is more emphatic than standalone "mỏi".