rủn

Thân thiện

Một người đàn ông cảm thấy rủn người sau khi nghe tin buồn.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Flabby, limp, lacking strength: Describes a state of physical weakness or limpness, as if the body has lost all vitality and firmness.
   • Faint, weak, enervated: Describes a state of feeling faint or extremely weak, often due to a strong emotion or physical condition like fear or hunger.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sợ rủn người. (To be so scared one feels weak/faint.)
  • Đói rủn người. (To be so hungry one feels weak/faint.)
  • Nghe tin đó, tôi rủn cả người. (Hearing that news, I felt my strength drain away.)

Advanced Usage

• "rủn chí": to become discouraged, to lose heart or motivation.
  • Gặp nhiều thất bại, anh ấy bắt đầu rủn chí. (Facing many failures, he began to lose heart.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rủn rượi (adj): describes a state of being utterly limp, weak, and lacking energy, often more intense than "rủn".
  • Ốm dậy, người anh ta rủn rượi. (After the illness, his body was utterly weak and limp.)

Synonyms

• Mềm nhũn: soft and flabby.
• Uể oải: weary, lethargic.
• Kiệt sức: exhausted.
• Nản chí: discouraged (similar to "rủn chí").

Notes on Meaning

• The word "rủn" primarily describes a physical sensation of sudden weakness or limpness affecting the whole body. It is almost always used with "người" (body/person) in common phrases like "rủn người".
• Its figurative use in "rủn chí" extends the meaning to a collapse of morale or willpower, indicating a loss of spirit or motivation.

Học thuật

1. [Be] flabby, [be] faint
   • Sợ rủn người
     To be faint with fear
   • Đói rủn người
     To be faint with hunger