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Definition
- Adjective:
- Household misfortune / domestic calamity: Describes a situation where a family or household is experiencing a period of misfortune, disaster, or severe trouble. It conveys a sense of pity or sorrow for the afflicted family.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Nghe tin rớp nhà, hàng xóm đều đến hỗ trợ. (Hearing of the household misfortune, all the neighbors came to help.)
- Cảnh tượng ấy thật rớp nhà. (That scene was truly a pitiful domestic calamity.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used to evoke sympathy and describe a collective family tragedy, rather than an individual's problem. It is typically used in narrative or descriptive contexts.
Variants and Related Words
- Hoạn nạn (n): calamity, disaster.
- Gia đình họ đang trải qua cơn hoạn nạn. (Their family is going through a calamity.)
- Tai ương (n): scourge, affliction.
- Tai ương ập xuống bất ngờ. (The affliction struck suddenly.)
Synonyms
- Family disaster: a catastrophic event affecting a family.
- Domestic tragedy: a serious misfortune within a household.
- Household calamity: a disaster befalling a home.
Related Idioms
- Nhà tan cửa nát: (idiom) meaning "home destroyed and door shattered," describing utter ruin and devastation of a household.
- Sau trận hỏa hoạn, cảnh nhà tan cửa nát thật rớp nhà. (After the fire, the scene of utter ruin was a pitiful domestic calamity.)