Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Abundant, plentiful, and overflowing: Describes something existing in very large quantities, often to the point of being visibly full, lush, or bursting.
   • Lush and luxuriant: Often used to describe vegetation, crops, or hair that is thick, dense, and healthy in appearance.
   • Buxom, full-figured: A less common, somewhat poetic or regional usage describing a person (typically a woman) as having a plump, healthy, and attractive physique.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cánh đồng lúa chín vàng ngồn ngộn. (The rice field was golden and abundantly full.)
  • Mái tóc cô ấy dày và ngồn ngộn. (Her hair was thick and luxuriant.)
  • Sức sống ngồn ngộn của mùa xuân. (The overflowing vitality of spring.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a positive connotation of healthy, desirable abundance and vigorous growth. It is frequently used in literary and descriptive contexts.

Variants and Related Words

• Ngồn ngộn sức sống: brimming with vitality.
  • Tuổi trẻ ngồn ngộn sức sống. (Youth is brimming with vitality.)

Synonyms

• Abundant: existing in large quantities.
• Luxuriant: rich and profuse in growth.
• Bountiful: generously given or plentiful.
• Teeming: full of or swarming with.

Related Idioms

• While "ngồn ngộn" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is commonly used in descriptive phrases to emphasize overflowing abundance, such as "ngồn ngộn của cải" (overflowing with wealth) or "ngồn ngộn hy vọng" (brimming with hope).