nặng trĩu
Definition
Adjective:
- Overloaded, overburdened: Describes something carrying an extreme weight or load, often to the point of bending, sagging, or being difficult to support.
- Heavy-laden, leaden: Conveys a sense of being weighed down, either physically or metaphorically, by a great mass or quantity.
Adjective (figurative):
- Weighed down, burdened: Used to describe a profound, oppressive psychological or emotional weight, such as deep sorrow, worry, or responsibility.
Usage Examples
Adjective (Physical):
- Cành cây nặng trĩu quả. (The tree branch is leaden with fruit.)
- Đôi vai anh ấy nặng trĩu những bao gạo. (His shoulders were burdened with heavy sacks of rice.)
Adjective (Figurative):
- Lòng cô ấy nặng trĩu ưu tư. (Her heart was weighed down with worry.)
- Bầu không khí trong phòng nặng trĩu im lặng. (The atmosphere in the room was heavy with silence.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "nặng trĩu" is often used in literary and descriptive contexts to create a vivid image of physical strain or emotional depth. It emphasizes not just weight, but the visible effect or consequence of that weight.
Variants and Related Words
Nặng nề (adj): Heavy, burdensome, grave. Often used for both physical weight and serious situations or moods.
- Gánh nặng nề. (A heavy burden.)
- Bầu không khí nặng nề. (A grave atmosphere.)
Trĩu (adj, less common alone): Sagging, bending under weight. Often found in poetry or combined with nặng.
Synonyms
- Overladen: Loaded with too much.
- Weighed down: Pressed down by a heavy load.
- Bowed down: Bent under a weight.
- Heavy: Of great weight.
Related Idioms and Phrases
Nặng trĩu ân tình: Burdened with a deep debt of gratitude or sentimental obligation.
- Lời hứa ấy khiến lòng anh nặng trĩu ân tình. (That promise left his heart heavy with a sense of deep obligation.)
Nặng trĩu ký ức: Laden/heavy with memories.
- Căn phòng cũ nặng trĩu ký ức. (The old room was heavy with memories.)
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Overloaded, overburdened; laden with
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Cành nặng trĩu quảBranches leaden with fruits
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