sút người
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Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To lose flesh, to become thinner: To experience a noticeable reduction in body weight or physical mass, often due to illness, stress, or hardship.
- To lose strength, to weaken: To experience a decline in physical vitality, energy, or overall health.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Sau trận ốm dài, anh ấy sút người đi trông thấy. (After a long illness, he noticeably lost flesh.)
- Làm việc quá sức khiến cô ấy sút người và mệt mỏi. (Overworking caused her to lose strength and become fatigued.)
- Chỉ một tháng lo lắng, nó đã sút người hẳn. (After just one month of worry, he has clearly weakened.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase often describes a physical decline that is visible and concerning, typically resulting from a specific cause like sickness, overwork, or mental strain. It implies a negative change from a previous state of better health or robustness.
Variants and Related Words
Sút cân (v): to lose weight.
- Cô ấy sút cân vì chế độ ăn kiêng nghiêm ngặt. (She lost weight due to a strict diet.)
Suy nhược (v/adj): to be debilitated, to be in a state of weakness or exhaustion.
- Bệnh nhân đang trong tình trạng suy nhược cơ thể. (The patient is in a state of physical debilitation.)
Synonyms
- Waste away: to become progressively thinner and weaker.
- Emaciate: to become abnormally thin or weak.
- Weaken: to become less strong.
Related Idioms
- Sút người sút cân: to waste away, to become both thinner and weaker (emphasizing the full physical decline).
- Thương con ốm, sút người sút cân. (Heartbroken over the sick child, who is wasting away.)
- Lose flesh, lose strength