Definition

1. Verb (colloquial, often vulgar):
   • To have severe watery diarrhea: The primary meaning of "té re" is to suffer from an episode of diarrhea where the stool is completely liquid, often implying a sudden, urgent, and copious flow.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ăn đồ đó vào là bị té re ngay. (Eating that will give you severe watery diarrhea immediately.)
  • Nó đang té re, chờ một chút. (He's having a bad case of the runs, wait a moment.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is often considered crude and is used in informal, colloquial speech. It is not used in formal or medical contexts.
• It can be used emphatically to describe the intensity or unpleasant consequences of something, often related to food poisoning or illness.

Variants and Related Words

• Ỉa chảy (v): to have diarrhea (the standard, neutral term).
  • Bé bị ỉa chảy phải đi khám bác sĩ. (The child has diarrhea and needs to see a doctor.)
• Ỉa té re (v): a fuller, more emphatic form with the same meaning as "té re."
  • Cả đoàn bị ỉa té re sau bữa tiệc. (The whole group got violent diarrhea after the feast.)

Synonyms

• To have the runs: (informal idiom).
• To have explosive diarrhea: (graphic, informal).
• To have flux: (archaic/literary).

Related Idioms

• Té re té rát: an intensified, rhyming slang version emphasizing the burning or urgent sensation associated with severe diarrhea.
  • Đồ ăn hè phố ấy dễ khiến người ta té re té rát lắm. (That street food can easily make people have terrible, burning diarrhea.)