Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Marshy, swampy, boggy: Describes land or ground that is soft, wet, and muddy, often because it is saturated with water, like the area around a swamp or marsh.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Con đường phía sau làng trở nên sình lầy sau cơn mưa. (The road behind the village became swampy after the rain.)
  • Chúng tôi phải tránh khu đất sình lầy đó. (We had to avoid that marshy ground.)
  • Địa hình sình lầy khiến việc di chuyển rất khó khăn. (The boggy terrain made movement very difficult.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "sình lầy" is often used figuratively to describe a complicated, sticky, or corrupt situation that is difficult to get out of, similar to being stuck in a swamp.
  • Vụ án đó ngày càng trở nên sình lầy với nhiều cáo buộc. (That case is becoming increasingly murky with many allegations.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sình (n): Thick, deep, and often foul-smelling mud; mire.
  • Bánh xe bị kẹt trong sình. (The wheel got stuck in the mire.)
• Lầy (adj): Muddy, swampy (often used in combination with other words).
  • Đất lầy (muddy land).

Synonyms

• Marshy: Characteristic of a marsh; soft and wet.
• Swampy: Pertaining to or resembling a swamp; waterlogged.
• Boggy: Like a bog; wet, spongy ground.
• Miry: Full of or resembling mire; muddy.

Related Idioms

• Vũng lầy: Literally "muddy puddle/swamp," used figuratively to mean a quagmire, a complex and unpleasant situation that is hard to escape.
  • Dự án đó là một vũng lầy về tài chính. (That project is a financial quagmire.)

adj

1. marshy, swampy