rệu
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Definition
- 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.)
- (địa phương) Overripe, pulpy
- Trái mãng cầu chín rệuAn overripe custard-apple