Definition

1. Verb:
   • To abstain from food: To deliberately choose not to eat, enduring the state of hunger.
   • To fast: To go without food, often for a specific purpose or period.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy quyết định nhịn đói để phản đối. (He decided to fast in protest.)
  • Vì không có tiền, cô ấy phải nhịn đói cả ngày. (Because she had no money, she had to go hungry all day.)
  • Nhịn đói quá lâu có hại cho sức khỏe. (Abstaining from food for too long is harmful to health.)

Advanced Usage

• "nhịn đói chờ cơm": An idiom meaning to endure a current hardship while waiting for a better future, often implying a futile or overly optimistic wait.
  • Đừng có nhịn đói chờ cơm, hãy tìm việc gì làm ngay đi. (Don't just sit around starving while waiting for a perfect opportunity; go find some work to do now.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhịn (verb): To abstain, to endure, to hold back (e.g., - to abstain from eating; - to endure pain).
• Đói (adjective/noun): Hungry; hunger.
• Chịu đói (verb phrase): To endure hunger, to go hungry (similar in meaning but emphasizes the endurance aspect).

Synonyms

• Kiêng ăn: To refrain from eating (often for dietary or health reasons).
• Bỏ bữa: To skip a meal.
• Nhịn ăn: To abstain from eating (can be synonymous, but more strongly emphasizes the feeling of hunger).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Nhịn đói nhịn khát: To go without food and drink; to endure hunger and thirst.
  • Các nhà leo núi phải nhịn đói nhịn khát suốt hai ngày. (The climbers had to go without food and water for two days.)

Related Idioms

• Nhịn đói nằm co: To be so hungry and poor that one has to curl up and endure it. Describes a state of extreme poverty and hunger.
  • Sau trận lũ, nhiều gia đình phải nhịn đói nằm co chờ cứu trợ. (After the flood, many families had to endure hunger, curled up and waiting for relief.)

verb

1. to abstain from food