thiểu lực
Definition
- Adjective:
- Lacking strength; weak; feeble: Describes a person or organism that has diminished physical power, vitality, or energy. This is often used in a medical or formal context.
- Adynamic: A technical medical term meaning characterized by a lack of strength or vitality, often due to disease or illness.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Bệnh nhân sau phẫu thuật cảm thấy thiểu lực và cần nghỉ ngơi nhiều. (The patient felt weak after surgery and needed a lot of rest.)
- Tình trạng thiểu lực kéo dài có thể là dấu hiệu của một vấn đề sức khỏe nghiêm trọng. (Persistent weakness can be a sign of a serious health problem.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is primarily used in formal, literary, or medical contexts to describe a state of debility or lack of force. It is less common in everyday casual speech.
Variants and Related Words
Suy nhược (adj): weakened, debilitated; a more common term for general physical or mental exhaustion.
- Cô ấy bị suy nhược cơ thể sau một trận ốm nặng. (She was physically debilitated after a serious illness.)
Yếu ớt (adj): frail, feeble; describes a general state of being weak or delicate.
- Người già thường trở nên yếu ớt hơn. (The elderly often become frailer.)
Synonyms
- Weak: lacking physical strength.
- Feeble: pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
- Debilitated: weakened, especially as a result of illness.
- Adynamic: (medical) relating to or characterized by a loss of strength.
Related Idioms
- Chân tay bủn rủn: to feel weak in the arms and legs (from fear or illness).
- Nghe tin dữ, chân tay tôi bủn rủn. (Hearing the bad news, my limbs went weak.)