rời rã
Definition
- Adjective:
- Exhausted, worn out, extremely tired: Describes a state of physical or mental fatigue where one feels completely drained of energy, often to the point where the body feels like it's falling apart or disintegrating.
- Disjointed, falling apart: Can describe something that is coming apart or is in a state of disarray, though the primary meaning relates to fatigue.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Sau chuyến leo núi dài, tôi cảm thấy rời rã cả người. (After the long mountain climb, I felt exhausted all over.)
- Làm việc liên tục 12 tiếng khiến anh ấy rời rã tay chân. (Working continuously for 12 hours made his limbs feel worn out.)
- Cơn sốt khiến cơ thể cô ấy rời rã. (The fever made her body feel completely drained.)
Advanced Usage
- "rời rã chân tay": A common collocation meaning "to have one's arms and legs feel exhausted/broken with fatigue." It emphasizes the physical sensation of extreme tiredness in the limbs.
- Một ngày dọn dẹp nhà cửa khiến tôi rời rã chân tay. (A day of house cleaning left me with my arms and legs feeling broken.)
Variants and Related Words
Rã rời (adj): A near-identical synonym, also meaning exhausted, worn out, or falling apart. "Rời rã" and "rã rời" are often used interchangeably.
- Sức khỏe rã rời sau trận ốm. (Health is sapped after an illness.)
Mệt rã rời / Mệt rời rã (phrases): Intensified phrases meaning "completely worn out," "dead tired."
- Tôi mệt rời rã sau cuộc họp căng thẳng. (I was dead tired after the stressful meeting.)
Synonyms
- Kiệt sức (adj): exhausted, depleted of strength.
- Mệt lử / Mệt nhoài (adj): extremely tired, dog-tired.
- Đuối sức (adj): weakened, fatigued.
Related Idioms and Phrases
(Cảm thấy) người rời rã: (To feel) one's body is falling apart from exhaustion.
- Lái xe đường dài xong, người tôi rời rã. (After the long drive, my body felt like it was falling apart.)
Làm cho rời rã: To make someone exhausted, to wear someone out.
- Công việc này làm tôi rời rã mỗi ngày. (This job wears me out every day.)
adj
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exhausted
