rác rưởi
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Definition
- Noun:
- Litter, garbage, refuse: Physical waste, discarded items, and worthless material that is dirty and needs to be disposed of.
- Dregs, scum, riffraff: A figurative term for people or things considered worthless, corrupt, immoral, or the lowest part of society.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Physical waste):
- Công nhân vệ sinh quét dọn rác rưởi trên đường phố. (Sanitation workers sweep up litter from the streets.)
- Căn phòng bỏ hoang đầy rác rưởi. (The abandoned room was full of garbage.)
- Noun (Figurative: worthless elements):
- Bọn tội phạm đó là rác rưởi của xã hội. (Those criminals are the scum of society.)
- Anh ta vứt bỏ những rác rưởi tư tưởng cũ kỹ. (He discarded the old ideological dregs.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is stronger and more derogatory than the simple word "" (trash). It implies not just waste, but also filth, decay, and something morally repugnant or utterly useless.
- It is commonly used in social and moral commentary to condemn behaviors, cultural products, or groups of people deemed to be degrading or harmful.
Variants and Related Words
- Rác (n): Trash, garbage. A more neutral and common term for everyday waste.
- Đổ rác (to take out the trash).
- Đồ rác rưởi (n phrase): Worthless stuff/people. An emphatic, insulting phrase.
- Mày không là gì ngoài đồ rác rưởi! (You are nothing but worthless scum!)
Synonyms
- Physical: Litter, garbage, refuse, junk, debris, waste.
- Figurative: Dregs, scum, riffraff, trash, lowlife, filth.
Related Idioms
- Rác rưởi xã hội: The dregs/scum of society. A fixed phrase for describing people viewed as the most corrupt or degenerate elements in a community.
- Chúng cần phải loại bỏ những rác rưởi xã hội này. (They need to eliminate this scum of society.)
- Litter, garbage, refuse
- Dregs
- Rác rưởi của xã hộiThe dregs of society