rừng rực
Definition
- Adjective (Reduplicative expressive word):
- Burning fiercely and brightly: Describes a fire or flames that are blazing intensely, with a strong, vivid red color and great heat.
- (Figurative) Burning with intensity: Used to describe a powerful, passionate, or overwhelming emotion, sensation, or state that feels hot and all-consuming.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Ngọn lửa rừng rực trong đêm. (The fire blazed fiercely in the night.)
- Lò luyện thép cháy rừng rực. (The steel furnace burned with an intense blaze.)
- Lòng cô ấy rừng rực căm thù. (Her heart burned with seething hatred.)
- Cơn sốt khiến người anh ta rừng rực nóng. (The fever made him burn with intense heat.)
Advanced Usage
- This word is a reduplicative form (từ láy) of the root "rực," which itself means bright or blazing. The reduplication "rừng rực" intensifies the meaning, emphasizing a continuous, vigorous, and vivid state of burning or fervor.
Variants and Related Words
- Rực (adj): Bright, blazing, flaming. It is the core adjective from which "rừng rực" is derived.
- Lửa cháy rực. (The fire burns brightly.)
Synonyms
- Blazing: Burning strongly and brightly.
- Fiercely: With a powerful and intense nature.
- Seething: Filled with intense but often restrained emotion, like anger.
Related Idioms
- While "rừng rực" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is commonly used in expressive descriptions of both physical fire and metaphorical "fire" (e.g., of emotion, determination, or fever).
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