phế phẩm

Thân thiện

Một công nhân đang kiểm tra và tách các phế phẩm ra khỏi dây chuyền sản xuất.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Waste; Scrap; Reject: A product or item that is discarded because it fails to meet required standards of quality, specification, or function during or after manufacturing. It is considered unusable for its intended purpose.
   • Substandard Product; Defective Product; Seconds: An item that is of inferior quality, has defects, or does not conform to established specifications, often sold at a lower price or recycled.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Nhà máy này có tỷ lệ phế phẩm rất thấp. (This factory has a very low rate of defective products.)
  • Những phế phẩm từ quá trình sản xuất sẽ được tái chế. (The waste/scrap from the production process will be recycled.)
  • Cửa hàng đó bán toàn hàng phế phẩm. (That store sells only substandard goods.)

Advanced Usage

• In industrial and manufacturing contexts, "phế phẩm" is a key term in quality control and waste management, distinguishing faulty output from acceptable products ("chính phẩm").
• It can be used metaphorically to describe a person or creation considered a failure or disappointment, though this is a harsh and derogatory usage.
  • Bộ phim đó bị giới phê bình gọi là một phế phẩm. (That film was called a failure by critics.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hàng phế phẩm (n): Substandard goods; defective merchandise.
• Phế liệu (n): Scrap material; waste material (often refers to the raw material for recycling, like scrap metal, whereas "phế phẩm" often refers to a finished but defective item).
• Sản phẩm lỗi (n): Defective product; faulty product.
• Chính phẩm (n): First-quality product; standard product (antonym).

Synonyms

• Reject: An item discarded for not meeting standards.
• Scrap: Discarded waste material, often metal.
• Seconds: Goods of inferior quality sold cheaper.
• Waste: Unwanted or unusable material.

Related Idioms

• While there is no common idiom with the exact word "phế phẩm," the concept is central to the expression:
  • Hàng thải, hàng loại: Discarded goods, rejected goods (emphasizing items sorted out and thrown away).

Học thuật

noun

1. waste ; substandard product