Definition

1. Verb:
   • To overindulge, to become excessively engrossed: To indulge in or become deeply absorbed in something (often a negative habit or activity) to an excessive and uncontrolled degree, leading to negative consequences.
   • To sink into, to be dragged down: To gradually descend into a detrimental state or situation, often due to a lack of restraint.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy đã sa đà vào cờ bạc và mất hết tài sản. (He overindulged in gambling and lost all his assets.)
  • Đừng để công việc chiếm hết thời gian, kẻo sa đà mà quên mất gia đình. (Don't let work take all your time, lest you become excessively engrossed and forget your family.)
  • Câu chuyện sa đà vào những chi tiết không cần thiết. (The story got bogged down in unnecessary details.)

Advanced Usage

• "sa đà vào": This is the most common construction, meaning "to overindulge in" or "to sink into" a specific activity or state.
  • Sau khi thất nghiệp, anh ta sa đà vào men rượu. (After becoming unemployed, he sank into alcohol.)
• The word often carries a moral judgment, implying a loss of self-control and a deviation from a proper or productive path.

Variants and Related Words

• Đam mê (verb/noun): To be passionate about; passion. (This is more neutral or positive, whereas is negative.)
• Chìm đắm (verb): To be immersed in, to be sunk in. (Can be used in similar contexts but may lack the specific connotation of overindulgence and moral decline found in .)
• Buông thả (verb): To let oneself go, to abandon oneself to (vices).

Synonyms

• Overindulge: To have too much of something enjoyable.
• Become engrossed/absorbed: To be completely occupied with something. (Note: adds a negative, excessive layer to this meaning.)
• Succumb to: To fail to resist (a temptation or negative influence).

Related Phrases

• Sa đà chè chén: To overindulge in drinking and eating.
• Sa đà tửu sắc: To overindulge in wine and women (i.e., debauchery).

Related Idioms

• Sa cơ lỡ vận: To fall into misfortune or hard times. (This idiom shares the character "sa" (to fall) and conveys a similar sense of decline, but it refers to fate/circumstance rather than personal overindulgence.)
• The word itself is often used in idiomatic expressions describing vices, such as (overindulging in alcohol) or (overindulging in gambling).

verb

1. to overindulge