Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Dark purple / Livid: Describes skin discoloration, typically a deep, dark purple or bluish-purple, resulting from a bruise or contusion where blood pools under the skin.
   • Figurative, intense purple: Can describe any object with a very deep, dark purple color, similar to that of a severe bruise.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau cú ngã, đầu gối cô ấy tím bầm. (After the fall, her knee was dark purple.)
  • Quả cà tím này có màu tím bầm. (This eggplant has a deep purple color.)
  • Vết thương để lại một vết tím bầm lớn. (The injury left a large, livid bruise.)

Advanced Usage

• Used metaphorically to describe deep emotional pain or suffering that is visually or perceptibly manifest.
  • Nỗi đau trong lòng anh ấy như một vết tím bầm. (The pain in his heart was like a livid bruise.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bầm tím (adj): Synonym, meaning bruised, discolored. The word order is reversed but the meaning is identical.

  • Chân cô ấy bầm tím sau tai nạn. (Her leg was bruised after the accident.)

• Tím (adj): Purple. The root color word.

• Bầm (adj): Bruised, livid. Often used alone to describe bruised flesh.

Synonyms

• Livid: Discolored, as from a bruise; dark bluish-purple.
• Bruised: Discolored due to injury.
• Dark purple: A very deep shade of purple.

Related Idioms

• Tím bầm tím tía: An idiom emphasizing extreme bruising or a very intense, dark purple color, often to indicate severity.
  • Tay nó bị đánh tím bầm tím tía. (His arm was beaten black and blue.)