Definition

1. Adjective (Tính từ):
   • Overripe, pulpy, mushy: Describes fruit that has ripened to the point of becoming very soft, often excessively so, losing its firm texture.
   • Dilapidated, rickety, decrepit: Describes an object, especially a structure, that is old, worn-out, and in a state of disrepair, often shaky or unstable.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Describing fruit):

  • Trái mãng cầu chín rệu. (The custard apple is overripe/pulpy.)
  • Quả xoài này đã rệu, không ăn được nữa. (This mango is overripe/mushy and can no longer be eaten.)

• Adjective (Describing objects/structures):

  • Cái ghế này rệu quá, ngồi không yên. (This chair is too rickety, you can't sit on it steadily.)
  • Ngôi nhà cũ đã trở nên rệu rã. (The old house has become dilapidated.)

Advanced Usage

• "rệu rã": An intensified form meaning very dilapidated, falling apart, or in a complete state of disrepair.
  • Cầu cũ đã rệu rã sau nhiều năm không được sửa chữa. (The old bridge became completely dilapidated after many years without repair.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhũn: Soft, mushy (often used for food). While similar to for fruit, generally doesn't carry the connotation of being dilapidated for objects.
• Nát: Crushed, mashed, broken into pieces. Can overlap with for fruit texture but implies more disintegration.
• Cũ kỹ: Old, antiquated. Similar to for objects but focuses more on age than physical instability.
• Xiêu vẹo: Crooked, leaning, askew. Describes a tilted, unstable state, often a visible symptom of something being .

Synonyms

• For fruit: Chín nhũn (overripe and mushy), nẫu (overripe).
• For objects: Tả tơi (tattered, ragged), lung lay (wobbly, shaky), mục nát (rotten, decayed - for wood).

Related Phrases

• Ăn rệu: To eat something overripe and pulpy. This phrase uses the word directly to describe the action.
  • Trẻ con thích ăn rệu quả chuối. (Children like to eat overripe bananas.)

Related Idioms

• Rệu như tàu lá chuối: (As rickety as a banana leaf hut) - An idiom emphasizing extreme dilapidation or instability.
  • Cái lán ấy rệu như tàu lá chuối, gió to là bay. (That shack is as rickety as a banana leaf hut; a strong wind would blow it away.)

1. (địa phương) Overripe, pulpy
   • Trái mãng cầu chín rệu
     An overripe custard-apple