nhoe nhoét
Definition
- Adjective:
- Messily pulpy or pasty: Describes a substance that is unpleasantly soft, wet, and formless, often spread messily.
- Messily smeared or daubed: Describes a surface or object that is dirtied or covered in a messy, often sticky or wet, substance.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Mực nhoe nhoét đầy tay. (Ink messily smeared all over the hands.)
- Mặt nhoe nhoét mật. (Face messily daubed with molasses.)
- Ăn mật nhoe nhoét cả miệng. (Ate molasses, leaving the mouth all messy.)
Advanced Usage
- The word often carries a negative connotation, implying a lack of neatness, an excessive amount, and an unpleasant, sticky mess.
- It is frequently used to describe the state of a person's face, hands, or clothes after eating sticky foods (like jam, molasses, sauce) or after using substances like ink, paint, or mud.
Variants and Related Words
- Nhoét: A shorter, more colloquial form with a similar meaning of being smeared or messy.
- Nhớp nháp: (Adjective) sticky and dirty to the touch.
- Lem nhem: (Adjective) smudged, smeared (often used for dirt or makeup).
Synonyms
- Smeared: spread messily over a surface.
- Daubed: coated or spread thickly or clumsily.
- Messy: untidy or dirty.
Related Idioms
- While "nhoe nhoét" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is commonly used in descriptive phrases to vividly depict a messy state.
- Mặt mũi nhoe nhoét: a face messily smeared (with food, tears, dirt).
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Messily pulpy, messy
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Mực nhoe nhoét đầy tayTo messily smear one's hands with ink
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