Definition

1. Adverb:
   • Toiling incessantly / working tirelessly: Describes the manner of working hard, constantly, and without rest, often with a sense of being busy or overwhelmed by work.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Ông ấy làm việc quật quật cả tuần. (He worked tirelessly the whole week.)
  • Họ làm quật quật từ sáng đến tối để kịp thời hạn. (They toiled incessantly from morning till night to meet the deadline.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "quật quật" is an emphatic, reduplicative form that intensifies the base meaning of hard, continuous labor. It often carries a connotation of repetitive, unending, or demanding work.

Variants and Related Words

• Quần quật (adverb): A more common variant meaning "toiling non-stop" or "working like a dog." It is often used interchangeably with "quật quật."
  • Cô ấy làm việc quần quật để nuôi con. (She works her fingers to the bone to raise her children.)

Synonyms

• Tirelessly: Without becoming tired.
• Incessantly: Without interruption; constantly.
• Industriously: Diligently and energetically.

Related Idioms

• While "quật quật" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it describes a state central to idioms like:
  • Đầu tắt mặt tối: Literally "head extinguished, face dark," meaning to be extremely busy from dawn till dusk.

    • Cuộc sống đầu tắt mặt tối khiến anh ấy lúc nào cũng làm quật quật. (The hectic life of being constantly busy makes him work tirelessly all the time.)