rớm

Thân thiện

Mắt cô bé rớm lệ khi nghe câu chuyện buồn.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Slightly moist, beaded with a liquid: Describes a surface that is slightly wet or has small droplets of a liquid, often blood or tears, appearing on it.
   • To exude slightly: To have a liquid begin to seep or ooze out in small amounts.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Vết thương rớm máu. (The wound was moist with blood.)
  • Đôi mắt cô ấy rớm nước mắt. (Her eyes were moist with tears.)
  • Trán anh ấy rớm mồ hôi. (His forehead was beaded with sweat.)

Advanced Usage

• "rơm rớm" (reduplicative form, attenuated meaning): To begin to be moist with; on the verge of having tears or liquid appear.
  • Cô ấy nghe tin mà mắt đã rơm rớm. (Upon hearing the news, her eyes began to well up.)
  • Vết cắt nhỏ rơm rớm máu. (The small cut began to ooze blood.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rơm rớm (adj): The reduplicative form of "rớm," indicating the initial, slight stage of moisture or exudation.
• Ướt (adj): Wet. (A more general term for wetness, whereas "rớm" implies a slight, often beaded moisture.)
• Thấm (v): To soak, to permeate. (Implies absorption, while "rớm" is about surface moisture.)

Synonyms

• Lấm tấm: Speckled, dotted (can be used for liquids like sweat or dew on a surface).
• Ướt át: Damp, moist (more general).

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Rớm lệ: (Literary) To have tears welling up; to be tearful.
  • Câu chuyện cảm động khiến người nghe rớm lệ. (The touching story brought tears to the listeners' eyes.)
• Rớm máu: To be stained or moist with blood.
  • Chiếc khăn rớm máu. (The towel was stained with blood.)

Học thuật

1. Be moist with
   • Vết thương rớm máu
     The wound was moist with blood
   • Rớm nước mắt
     To have eyes moist with tears
   • Rơm rớm (láy, ý giảm)
     To begin to be moist with
   • Rơm rớm máu
     To begin to be moist with blood