quá sức
Definition
- Adjective / Adverbial Phrase:
- Beyond one's strength or capacity: Describes a task, demand, or situation that exceeds a person's physical, mental, or emotional ability to handle it.
- Excessively / Too much: Used to intensify an adjective, indicating an extreme degree, similar to "too" or "excessively."
Usage Examples
- Adjective / Adverbial Phrase:
- Công việc này quá sức đối với tôi. (This work is too much for me.)
- Đừng bắt trẻ học quá sức. (Don't make children study beyond their capacity.)
- Căn phòng quá sức nóng bức. (The room is excessively hot.)
Advanced Usage
- Often used in formal and informal contexts to express overload, burnout, or extreme states.
- Anh ấy kiệt sức vì làm việc quá sức. (He is exhausted from working over his limit.)
Variants and Related Words
Sức lực (n): strength, capacity.
- Anh ấy không còn sức lực. (He has no strength left.)
Quá tải (adj): overloaded, overwhelmed (often for systems or schedules).
- Hệ thống máy chủ bị quá tải. (The server system is overloaded.)
Synonyms
- Overwhelming: so strong or intense as to be unmanageable.
- Excessively: to a greater degree than is necessary or normal.
- Beyond one's means: exceeding one's resources or capabilities.
Related Idioms
Quá sức chịu đựng: beyond endurance.
- Nỗi đau quá sức chịu đựng. (The pain is beyond endurance.)
Làm quá sức: to overwork oneself.
- Cô ấy thường xuyên làm quá sức. (She frequently overworks herself.)