rền rĩ
Definition
- Adjective:
- To wail or lament persistently and plaintively: Describes a continuous, mournful, and sorrowful sound, typically associated with crying, weeping, or lamenting in a drawn-out, pitiful manner.
- To whine or moan incessantly: Can describe a prolonged, grating sound expressing complaint, suffering, or distress.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Tiếng khóc của đứa trẻ nghe thật rền rĩ. (The child's crying sounded truly plaintive and mournful.)
- Giọng nói rền rĩ của bà ấy khi kể về quá khứ khiến mọi người thương cảm. (Her plaintive voice when recounting the past made everyone feel pity.)
- Chiếc máy cũ kêu rền rĩ mỗi khi khởi động. (The old machine whined incessantly every time it started.)
Advanced Usage
- Often used in literary or descriptive contexts to evoke a strong sense of sustained sorrow, pain, or unpleasant sound. It implies a quality that is emotionally wearing or grating due to its persistence.
Variants and Related Words
- Rền (v): to resound, to echo, often with a deep or continuous sound (e.g., - thunder rumbles). "Rền rĩ" intensifies this with a connotation of mournfulness.
- Rên rỉ (v): to moan, to groan (often from physical pain or discomfort). While similar, "rên rỉ" is more commonly used for short, repeated groans, whereas "rền rĩ" suggests a more continuous, lamenting quality.
Synonyms
- Plaintive: sounding sad and mournful.
- Mournful: feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness or grief.
- Lamenting: expressing passionate grief.
- Whining: making a long, high-pitched complaining sound.
Related Idioms
- While "rền rĩ" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is the descriptive word used within contexts of lamentation.
- Khóc than rền rĩ: to wail and lament plaintively.
- Người phụ nữ khóc than rền rĩ trước mộ phần. (The woman wailed plaintively before the grave.)