Definition

1. Verb:
   • To groan; to moan: To make a deep, prolonged sound expressing physical pain, mental suffering, or extreme distress.
   • To lament; to wail: To express grief, oppression, or unbearable hardship through vocal sounds or complaints. This meaning emphasizes suffering under severe pressure or tyranny.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Người bệnh rên xiết trên giường vì cơn đau. (The patient groaned in bed from the pain.)
  • Nhân dân rên xiết dưới ách chuyên chế. (The people groaned under the yoke of tyranny.)
  • Tiếng gió rên xiết qua khe cửa. (The wind moaned through the door crack.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "rên xiết" is stronger and more evocative than just "rên" (to groan). It implies a continuous, desperate, and often collective sound of suffering, frequently used in socio-political contexts to describe the plight of an oppressed group.

Variants and Related Words

• Rên (v): To groan, to moan. A more general and common term.
  • Nó rên lên sau cú ngã. (He groaned after the fall.)
• Than khóc (v): To weep and lament.
• Kêu than (v): To cry out and complain.

Synonyms

• Groan: To make a deep sound of pain or distress.
• Moan: To make a long, low sound of suffering.
• Lament: To express sorrow, grief, or regret.
• Wail: To utter a prolonged, high-pitched cry of pain or sorrow.

Related Idioms

• Rên xiết dưới ách...: A common collocation meaning "to groan under the yoke of..." (e.g., oppression, slavery, dictatorship). It powerfully conveys subjugation and suffering.
  • Cả dân tộc rên xiết dưới ách nô lệ. (The entire nation groaned under the yoke of slavery.)

verb

1. to groan; to moan
   • rên xiết dưới ách chuyên chế
     to groan under the yoke of tyranmy