quay đơ
Adjective/Adverbial phrase: - In a dead faint; completely unconscious: Describes a state of losing consciousness suddenly and completely, often due to shock, illness, or extreme weakness. The person is limp and unresponsive. - Stone-cold dead: In some contexts, it can be used hyperbolically or in older usage to mean completely lifeless, having dropped dead.
- As an adjective/adverbial phrase:
- Nghe tin dữ, bà ấy quay đơ ra. (Upon hearing the bad news, she fell in a dead faint.)
- Anh ta bị sốt cao đến mức quay đơ. (He had such a high fever that he passed out completely.)
- Nó ngã quay đơ xuống đất. (He fell to the ground in a dead faint.)
- "Quay đơ" is a vivid, informal expression primarily used in spoken Vietnamese or descriptive writing. It emphasizes the suddenness and completeness of the collapse.
- It often follows verbs like ngã (to fall), bị (to be/get), or xỉu (to faint), but can also stand alone as a predicate.
- The phrase conveys a more dramatic and severe state than just xỉu (to faint) or bất tỉnh (unconscious).
- Quay lơ: A direct variant with identical meaning and usage (in a dead faint, stone-cold dead).
- Sợ quá, nó quay lơ ra đất. (He was so scared he fell down in a dead faint.)
- Chết giấc: To faint, to be in a swoon (slightly less severe than "quay đơ").
- Bất tỉnh nhân sự: Unconscious, out cold (a more formal or medical term).
- Xỉu đi: To faint.
- Ngất đi: To pass out, to swoon.
- Bất tỉnh: Unconscious.
- (Ngã/Chết) quay cẳng: (To fall/die) with legs stiffened. This is a related, more graphic idiom describing a sudden death or collapse.
- Nó tức quá, suýt chết quay cẳng. (He was so angry he almost dropped dead.)
While historical or dialectal references (like the Vietnamese-French dictionary entry) may include "raide mort" (stone dead), in modern Vietnamese, "quay đơ" is overwhelmingly used to mean "in a dead faint"—that is, completely unconscious but not necessarily deceased. The connotation of death is now mostly hyperbolic or found in very specific, forceful expressions.
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