rét căm căm

Trời đông rét căm căm khiến mọi người co ro trong áo ấm.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Bitingly cold / bitterly cold: Describes an intense, penetrating cold that causes the body to shiver or tremble uncontrollably. It emphasizes the physical sensation and reaction to severe cold.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Trời đông, gió bấc thổi rét căm căm. (In winter, the north wind blows, making it bitingly cold.)
  • Ngồi ngoài trời lúc nửa đêm, tôi cảm thấy rét căm căm. (Sitting outside at midnight, I felt bitterly cold.)
  • Những người leo núi phải chịu cái rét căm căm trên đỉnh. (The mountain climbers endured the biting cold at the summit.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is often used in descriptive writing or speech to vividly convey a severe cold that is felt deeply in the body, often causing visible shivering.

Variants and Related Words

• Rét buốt (adj): piercing cold, cold that feels sharp and penetrating.
• Rét run (v): to shiver from the cold.
• Lạnh cóng (adj): numbingly cold, frozen stiff.

Synonyms

• Freezing: extremely cold.
• Bitterly cold: intensely and unpleasantly cold.
• Shivering cold: cold that causes shivers.

Related Idioms

• Rét như cắt da, cắt thịt: (idiom) cold as if cutting the skin and flesh; used to describe an extremely sharp, painful cold.
  • Ngoài trời tuyết rơi, rét như cắt da cắt thịt. (Outside, snow was falling, and it was cold as a knife.)