say mê
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Definition
- Adjective / Verb (used with 'to be' or as a stative verb):
- To be passionate about; to be engrossed in: To have an intense and compelling enthusiasm or love for something, often to the point of being absorbed or captivated by it.
- To be infatuated with; to be enamored of: To be filled with a foolish or unreasoning passion, often in a romantic or obsessive context.
Usage Examples
- Adjective / Verb:
- Cô ấy say mê âm nhạc. (She is passionate about music.)
- Anh ấy đang say mê đọc cuốn tiểu thuyết mới. (He is engrossed in reading the new novel.)
- Chàng trai say mê cô gái ấy ngay từ cái nhìn đầu tiên. (The young man was infatuated with that girl from the first glance.)
Advanced Usage
- "Say mê một cách mù quáng": to be blindly passionate; to be fanatical.
- Anh ta say mê một cách mù quáng với lý tưởng của mình. (He is fanatically passionate about his ideology.)
Variants and Related Words
Say đắm (adj/v): to be deeply enamored; to be entranced. Often carries a stronger, more poetic connotation of being lost in passion.
- Vẻ đẹp của cô ấy khiến anh say đắm. (Her beauty entranced him.)
Mê say (adj/v): an inverted form with the same core meaning as "say mê," emphasizing the state of being captivated.
- Giọng hát của cô ấy thật mê say. (Her singing voice is truly captivating.)
Synonyms
- Passionate: having, showing, or caused by strong feelings or beliefs.
- Enthralled: captured and held the complete attention of.
- Infatuated: possessed with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for.
Related Idioms
Say mê như điếu đổ: to be passionately addicted (literally: to be engrossed as if pouring [something into a pipe]). This idiom describes a state of deep, almost uncontrollable absorption.
- Cậu ấy chơi game say mê như điếu đổ. (He plays video games with an addictive passion.)
Say mê nghiên cứu: to be passionately devoted to research.
- Giáo sư ấy say mê nghiên cứu suốt đời. (That professor was passionately devoted to research his whole life.)
- to have a passion for