rực

Thân thiện

Lửa cháy rực trong lò sưởi.

Definition

1. Adjective / Adverb (used after a verb or adjective):
   • Flaring up brightly; blazing; shining intensely: Describes a vivid, intense, and often sudden brightness or glow, typically from light, fire, or a very strong color.
   • Uncomfortably distended; excessively full: Describes a state of being overly full, swollen, or bloated to the point of discomfort, often from overeating or excessive fat.

Usage Examples

• Describing intense light/color:
  • Lửa cháy rực. (The fire was blazing.)
  • Đèn sáng rực. (The lights were shining brightly.)
  • Trời đỏ rực vì đám cháy. (The sky was blazing red because of the fire.)
• Describing uncomfortable fullness:
  • No rực đến cổ. (To be so full one feels bloated up to the neck.)
  • Béo rực mỡ. (To be unpleasantly/overly fat.)

Advanced Usage

• "rừng rực" (reduplicative form, intensifying meaning):
  • This form emphasizes a stronger, more intense degree of the primary meaning (brightness/heat).
  • Lửa cháy rừng rực. (The fire was burning fiercely/intensely.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rực rỡ (adj): brilliant, splendid, gorgeous (often for colors, scenery, or achievements). This is a distinct, common compound.
  • Cô ấy mặc chiếc váy rực rỡ sắc màu. (She wore a brilliantly colorful dress.)

Synonyms

• For brightness: blazing, flaring, glowing, radiant, brilliant, intense.
• For fullness: bloated, distended, overfull, stuffed.

Related Idioms

• While "rực" itself is not commonly used in many idioms, the concept of intense light is found in expressions like "sáng rực" (to shine brightly) or "cháy rực" (to burn fiercely), which are descriptive phrases rather than fixed idioms.

Học thuật

1. Flaring up brightly, shining bright, blazing
   • Lửa cháy rực
     The fire was flaring up brightly
   • Đèn sáng rực
     The lights were shining bright
   • Trời đỏ rực vì đám cháy
     The sky was blazing red because of a fire
   • Rừng rực (láy, ý tăng)
     Distend uncomfortably
   • No rực đến cổ
     To have one's belly uncomfortably distended from overeating
   • Béo rực mỡ
     To be uncomfortably fat