nguội điện

Thân thiện

Một chiếc quạt điện bị nguội điện sau cơn bão.

Definition

1. Adjective (Slang):
   • To be dead, to have popped off: A vulgar, informal term meaning to have died.
   • To be broken, to be busted: A vulgar, informal term meaning to be completely broken or non-functional (e.g., a machine, a plan).

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cái máy tính này nguội điện rồi, không sửa được nữa. (This computer is busted; it can't be fixed anymore.)
  • Nó bị bắn và nguội điện ngay tại chỗ. (He was shot and popped off right on the spot.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is highly colloquial and vulgar. It is inappropriate for formal or respectful contexts, especially when referring to a person's death.

Variants and Related Words

• Nguội (adj): to cool down, to become cold (literally); to die down, to subside (figuratively, e.g., enthusiasm).
  • Cà phê đã nguội. (The coffee has cooled down.)
  • Sự phấn khích đã nguội đi. (The excitement has died down.)

Synonyms

• To die: to cease living.
• To break down: to cease to function.
• To be kaput: (informal) to be broken or finished.

Related Idioms

• Đi đời: (slang) to die, to kick the bucket.
  • Động cơ xe đi đời sau vụ tai nạn. (The car engine kicked the bucket after the accident.)

Học thuật

1. (thông tục) Be cold in death pop off
2. (như) nguội