Definition

1. Verb:
   • To lament; to groan in agony: To express severe physical or emotional pain through prolonged, mournful vocal sounds. It implies a deep, sustained suffering.
   • To writhe (while groaning): To twist and contort the body while making such sounds of distress.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Những người bị thương rên siết trên chiến trường. (The wounded lamented/groaned in agony on the battlefield.)
  • Cô ấy rên siết vì cơn đau bụng dữ dội. (She writhed and groaned because of the severe stomachache.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "rên siết" is stronger and more intense than the simple word "rên" (to groan). It often describes collective or extreme suffering, such as that of a group of people under oppression or severe pain.

Variants and Related Words

• Rên (v): to groan, to moan. A more general term for expressing pain or discomfort.
  • Đứa bé rên vì đói. (The child moaned from hunger.)
• Than khóc (v): to weep and lament. Focuses more on the expression of sorrow, often with tears.

Synonyms

• Lament: To express grief, regret, or sorrow audibly.
• Groan: To make a deep, inarticulate sound conveying pain, grief, or disapproval.
• Writhe: To make twisting, squirming movements of the body, often due to pain.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Rên siết dưới ách áp bức: To groan/lament under the yoke of oppression.
  • Người dân rên siết dưới ách áp bức của chế độ cũ. (The people groaned under the oppression of the old regime.)

1. Lament, groan; writhe