Definition

Adjective: - Shattered, torn to pieces, in complete disarray: Describes a state of being utterly destroyed, broken apart, or reduced to fragments, often due to a violent force or extreme impact. It conveys a sense of total ruin and disorder. - Utterly defeated, routed: Used to describe a state of being completely overwhelmed or vanquished, especially in a conflict.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau cơn bão, khu vườn trở nên tơi bời. (After the storm, the garden was shattered to pieces.)
  • Quân địch bị đánh cho tơi bời. (The enemy forces were utterly routed.)
  • Căn phòng tơi bời sau vụ nổ. (The room was in complete disarray after the explosion.)

Advanced Usage

• "tan tơi bời": An intensified form meaning "completely and utterly shattered/disintegrated."
  • Giấc mơ của anh ấy tan tơi bời. (His dream was completely shattered.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tơi tả (adj): Similar meaning, describing a state of being tattered, ragged, or in a pitiful condition, often due to hardship or attack.
  • Áo quần tơi tả. (Tattered clothes.)
• Tan tành (adj): Broken into pieces, destroyed.
  • Cửa kính vỡ tan tành. (The glass door broke into pieces.)

Synonyms

• Nát bét: Smashed to pulp, completely crushed.
• Tan hoang: Devastated, laid waste, desolate.
• Thảm bại: Crushing defeat, disastrous failure (specifically for the "defeated" sense).

Idioms and Common Phrases

• "Đánh cho tơi bời": To beat/thrash soundly; to rout completely.
  • Đội nhà đánh cho đối thủ tơi bời. (The home team thrashed the opponent soundly.)
• "Tơi bời như canh hẹ": A simile comparing a state of utter mess or disarray to a bowl of chopped chives (a proverbial expression for extreme disorder).
  • Căn phòng bừa bộn tơi bời như canh hẹ. (The room was messy and in complete disarray.)

verb

1. to pieces; up, down