Definition

1. Verb:
   • To moan and cry: To make prolonged, inarticulate sounds expressing physical or mental suffering, often combined with crying out loud.
   • To lament: To express grief, regret, or distress audibly; to wail.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Bệnh nhân rên la vì đau đớn. (The patient moaned and cried in pain.)
  • Đám đông rên la thảm thiết trước thảm họa. (The crowd lamented bitterly before the disaster.)
  • Đứa trẻ rên la đòi mẹ. (The child wailed for its mother.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often implies a continuous, vocal expression of suffering that is more intense and desperate than simple moaning (). It combines the concepts of groaning and crying out.

Variants and Related Words

• Rên (v): to moan, to groan. A simpler form indicating a sound of pain or discomfort.
  • Ông ấy rên vì mệt. (He groaned from tiredness.)
• Than khóc (v): to weep and lament. Focuses more on the act of crying and expressing sorrow.
  • Họ than khóc cho người đã khuất. (They wept and lamented for the deceased.)

Synonyms

• Wail: To utter a long, high-pitched cry of pain, grief, or anger.
• Bemoan: To express discontent or sorrow over something.
• Howl: To cry out loudly, especially in pain or anger.

Related Idioms

• Rên la như phải đòn: To moan and cry as if being beaten (to complain or cry out excessively).
  • Chỉ bị đau bụng chút mà nó rên la như phải đòn. (He only had a slight stomach ache but he moaned and cried as if he was being beaten.)

1. Moan and cry
2. Lament