nhịn đói
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Definition
- 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.)