rỗng tuếch
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Completely empty, completely hollow, completely void: Describes a state of having absolutely nothing inside, either physically or metaphorically. It emphasizes total emptiness or lack of substance.
- Showing a lack of significant content or intelligence: Used to describe speech, writing, or a person's mind that is devoid of meaningful ideas, substance, or cleverness.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Túi rỗng tuếch. (A completely empty bag.)
- Câu văn rỗng tuếch. (A completely hollow sentence.)
- Đầu óc rỗng tuếch. (A completely empty head / A mind utterly devoid of ideas.)
Advanced Usage
- "rỗng tuếch rỗng toác": An intensified form of "rỗng tuếch," meaning "utterly and completely empty." It is used for stronger emphasis.
- Căn phòng rỗng tuếch rỗng toác, chẳng còn một món đồ. (The room was utterly and completely empty, not a single item remained.)
Variants and Related Words
- Rỗng (adj): Empty, hollow. This is the root word, while "rỗng tuếch" is a more emphatic form.
- Cái hộp rỗng. (The box is empty.)
- Rỗng toác (adj): Another emphatic variant similar to "rỗng tuếch," meaning "gaping empty" or "completely void."
- Chiếc túi rỗng toác. (The bag is gapingly empty.)
Synonyms
- Trống rỗng (adj): Empty, vacant (often used for both physical and abstract emptiness).
- Trống không (adj): Empty, bare.
- Vô nghĩa (adj): Meaningless, nonsensical (specifically for lack of content/meaning).
Related Idioms
- (Đầu óc) rỗng tuếch như cái trống: (A mind) as empty as a drum. This idiom vividly compares an empty mind to a hollow drum.
- Nó chẳng trả lời được câu nào, đầu óc rỗng tuếch như cái trống. (He couldn't answer a single question; his mind was as empty as a drum.)
- Completely empty, completely hollow, completely void
- Túi rỗng tuếchA completely empty bag
- Câu văn rỗng tuếchA completely hollow sentence
- Đầu óc rỗng tuếchA completely empty head
- Rỗng tuếch rỗng toác, như rỗng tuếch (ý mạnh hơn)