Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Pouring, torrential, heavy (of rain): Describes rain that is falling for a long time, with large, dense, and continuous drops.
   • Profuse, copious: Extends to other liquids (like sweat) falling or flowing abundantly and steadily.

2. Adverb:

   • Pouringly, heavily, copiously: Describes the manner in which something, typically rain or a similar flow, falls or happens.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Trời đổ mưa tầm tã suốt ba ngày. (It rained torrentially for three days.)
  • Sau buổi tập, anh ấy đẫm mồ hôi tầm tã. (After the workout, he was drenched in profuse sweat.)

• Adverb:

  • Mưa rơi tầm tã trên mái tôn. (The rain fell heavily on the tin roof.)
  • Nước mắt cô ấy tuôn tầm tã. (Her tears flowed copiously.)

Advanced Usage

• Used figuratively to describe anything occurring with great intensity, abundance, or relentlessness, often with a negative connotation.
  • Công ty nhận chỉ trích tầm tã từ báo chí. (The company received heavy/pouring criticism from the press.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mưa tầm tã (noun phrase): torrential/pouring rain.
  • Đường phố ngập vì mưa tầm tã. (The streets are flooded due to torrential rain.)

Synonyms

• Adjective/Adverb: Torrential, heavy, pouring, copious, profuse.
• For rain: Downpour, deluge (as nouns describing the phenomenon).

Related Idioms

• While "tầm tã" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is commonly used in poetic or descriptive contexts to emphasize abundance and intensity, often paired with verbs like , , or (to pour, to shed, to fall).

adj

1. pouring

adv

1. pouringly, heavily