sáng loè
Definition
- Adjective:
- Dazzlingly bright: Describes a very intense, sudden flash or burst of light that is sharp and momentarily blinding.
- Glaring: Refers to a light that is uncomfortably or harshly bright.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Một tia chớp sáng loè xé toạc bầu trời đêm. (A lightning flash, dazzlingly bright, tore through the night sky.)
- Ánh đèn pha ô tô sáng loè làm tôi lóa mắt. (The car's headlights, glaringly bright, dazzled me.)
- Chiếc nhẫn kim cương lấp lánh sáng loè dưới ánh đèn. (The diamond ring sparkled with a dazzling brightness under the light.)
Advanced Usage
- Often used to describe brief, instantaneous sources of intense light like camera flashes, lightning, or sudden reflections from metal or glass.
- Can be used metaphorically to describe something that is strikingly brilliant or showy in a non-visual sense, though this is less common.
Variants and Related Words
- Sáng lòa: This is a direct variant with identical meaning and usage to "sáng loè."
- Tia lửa hàn sáng lòa. (The welding spark was dazzlingly bright.)
Synonyms
- Dazzling: Extremely bright, especially so as to blind sight temporarily.
- Blinding: So bright as to obscure vision.
- Flashed: Appeared suddenly and brightly.
Related Idioms
- While "sáng loè" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is the descriptive component in phrases depicting sudden light.
- Chớp sáng loè. (Lightning flashes dazzlingly.)