nhoe nhoét

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Definition

1. 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).

Học thuật

1. Messily pulpy, messy
   • Mực nhoe nhoét đầy tay
     To messily smear one's hands with ink