sầu khổ
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Grievous, miserable: Expressing or characterized by deep sorrow, distress, and suffering. It describes a state of profound sadness and hardship, often stemming from difficult circumstances or emotional pain.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Gương mặt anh ấy lộ rõ vẻ sầu khổ. (His face clearly showed a grievous/miserable expression.)
- Họ phải sống một cuộc đời sầu khổ sau biến cố đó. (They had to live a miserable life after that incident.)
- Tiếng hát nghe thật sầu khổ. (The singing sounds truly sorrowful and grievous.)
Advanced Usage
- Literary and poetic context: "Sầu khổ" is often used in literary, poetic, or formal contexts to convey deep, lingering sorrow, more intense than everyday sadness.
- Nỗi sầu khổ của kẻ lưu vong. (The grievous sorrow of an exile.)
Variants and Related Words
- Sầu (adj/n): Sorrow, melancholy. Can be used independently but often implies a deep, poetic sadness.
- Sầu muộn: Melancholy, gloomy.
- Khổ (adj/n): Suffering, bitter, hardship. Can be used independently to describe physical or mental pain.
- Khổ sở: Miserable, distressed (often more colloquial).
- Khổ đau: Pain and suffering.
Synonyms
- Buồn khổ: Sad and suffering.
- Đau khổ: Painful, anguished (often emphasizes the "pain" aspect).
- Thảm thương: Pitiful, lamentable.
- Bi thương: Sorrowful, tragic.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Mang nặng sầu khổ: To be burdened with grief/sorrow.
- Bà ấy mang nặng sầu khổ sau cái chết của chồng. (She was burdened with grievous sorrow after her husband's death.)
- Sầu khổ dày vò: Sorrow and suffering torment (someone).
- Nỗi sầu khổ dày vò tâm trí anh ta. (The grievous sorrow tormented his mind.)
adj
- grievous, miserable