tường tận
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Definition
Adjective:
- Thorough, detailed, exhaustive: Describes knowledge, understanding, or an explanation that is complete, clear, and covers all aspects and minute details of a subject.
- Intimate, in-depth: Refers to a very deep and comprehensive grasp of a matter.
Adverb (used after verbs like "biết", "hiểu", "trình bày"):
- Thoroughly, in detail, exhaustively: Describes the manner of knowing, understanding, or explaining something with complete clarity and attention to all particulars.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Anh ấy có hiểu biết tường tận về lịch sử thành phố. (He has a thorough knowledge of the city's history.)
- Chúng tôi cần một báo cáo tường tận. (We need a detailed/exhaustive report.)
Adverb:
- Cô ấy biết tường tận mọi ngóc ngách của khu phố. (She knows every nook and cranny of the neighborhood thoroughly.)
- Giáo viên giải thích tường tận từng bước một. (The teacher explained each step in detail.)
Advanced Usage
- The word is often used in formal, academic, or investigative contexts to emphasize the depth and completeness of information.
- It frequently collocates with verbs of cognition and communication: biết tường tận (to know thoroughly), hiểu tường tận (to understand in depth), trình bày/tường thuật tường tận (to present/narrate in detail).
Variants and Related Words
- Tường minh (adj): Explicit, clear, and unambiguous (often used in logic or instructions).
- Thấu đáo (adj): Penetrating, insightful, thorough (similar meaning, often interchangeable with "tường tận").
- Chi tiết (adj/n): Detailed; details. While "chi tiết" focuses on the presence of many parts, "tường tận" emphasizes the clarity and completeness of understanding those parts.
Synonyms
- Thorough: Complete with regard to every detail.
- Exhaustive: Comprehensive and thorough.
- Detailed: Having many details.
- In-depth: Done with great thoroughness.
Antonyms
- Sơ sài (adj): Superficial, cursory, skimpy.
- Qua loa (adj): Perfunctory, done carelessly or hastily.
- Mơ hồ (adj): Vague, unclear.
Related Phrases
- Biết một cách tường tận: To know in a thorough manner.
- Phóng viên phải biết một cách tường tận về vụ án. (The reporter must know about the case in a thorough manner.)
- Tìm hiểu cho tường tận: To investigate/research thoroughly until complete understanding is achieved.
- Chúng ta nên tìm hiểu cho tường tận trước khi quyết định. (We should research this thoroughly before deciding.)
adj
- thorough, thoroughly