Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Left over, remaining: Describes a small, often insignificant or residual amount of something that persists after the main part has been used, gone, or disappeared.
   • Scattered, leftover: Refers to things that are sporadically or sparsely left behind.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Những tàn dư phong kiến còn rơi rớt. (Feudal remnants are still left over.)
  • Trong túi chỉ còn rơi rớt vài đồng xu. (There are only a few coins left over in the pocket.)
  • Kiến thức rơi rớt từ thời đại học. (Scattered bits of knowledge from university days.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to describe abstract concepts like ideas, memories, or traditions that barely survive.
  • Chỉ còn vài ký ức rơi rớt về tuổi thơ. (Only a few scattered memories of childhood remain.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rơi (v): to fall, to drop.

  • Lá rơi xuống đất. (Leaves fall to the ground.)

• Rớt (v): to fall, to fail (an exam).

  • Nó bị rớt kỳ thi. (He failed the exam.)

Synonyms

• Remaining: left after others are gone.
• Residual: remaining after the main part has gone.
• Scattered: found or placed far apart.

Related Idioms

• Rơi rớt kiến thức: to have only fragmented or leftover knowledge.
  • Sau nhiều năm, tôi chỉ còn rơi rớt kiến thức về hóa học. (After many years, I only have fragmented knowledge of chemistry left.)

adj

1. left, remain