sống sít
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Definition
Adjective: - Raw or undercooked: Describes food, especially meat, vegetables, or fruit, that is not cooked sufficiently or not cooked at all, and is therefore hard, crunchy, or difficult to chew and digest. - Unripe: Describes fruit that is not yet mature, typically hard, sour, or lacking in sweetness and flavor.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Món thịt này nấu sống sít, không thể ăn được. (This meat dish is undercooked/raw; it's inedible.)
- Đừng hái xoài, chúng vẫn còn sống sít. (Don't pick the mangoes; they are still unripe.)
- Rau ăn sống sít có thể không an toàn. (Eating raw vegetables may not be safe.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used with a negative connotation to criticize food preparation, implying the food is unpleasant or improperly prepared.
- Cả rổ ổi toàn quả sống sít. (The whole basket of guavas is full of unripe fruit.)
Variants and Related Words
- Sống (adj): Raw, alive. Can refer to food (e.g., - raw salad) or a state of being alive.
- Chưa chín (adj): Not yet ripe or not yet cooked. A more neutral and common phrase for "unripe" or "undercooked."
Synonyms
- Raw: Uncooked.
- Undercooked: Not cooked enough.
- Unripe: Not mature (for fruit).
- Green: Unripe (informal, for fruit).
Related Idioms
- Ăn sống nuốt tươi: (To eat raw and swallow whole) An idiom meaning to exploit or treat someone very harshly and without mercy.
- Bọn cho vay nặng lãi đó ăn sống nuốt tươi người nghèo. (Those loan sharks ruthlessly exploit the poor.)