Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To lose everything (in gambling): To suffer a total loss, especially of money or possessions, as a result of gambling or a risky venture. It implies losing so completely that nothing is left.
   • To be cleaned out / to be wiped out: To lose all of one's resources, leaving one with nothing.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Anh ta đánh bạc và thua trụi. (He gambled and lost everything.)
  • Công ty đầu tư mạo hiểm và cuối cùng thua trụi. (The company made a risky investment and ended up wiped out.)
  • Sau trận đấu poker, tôi thua trụi sạch tiền. (After the poker game, I was cleaned out of all my money.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase often carries a strong connotation of folly, recklessness, or being thoroughly defeated in a game of chance or a high-stakes situation. It is more severe than simply "thua" (to lose).

Variants and Related Words

• Thua lỗ (v): to incur a loss (often used in business).
  • Cửa hàng đang thua lỗ. (The store is operating at a loss.)
• Thua cuộc (v): to lose a contest or competition.
  • Đội của chúng tôi đã thua cuộc. (Our team lost the competition.)

Synonyms

• To lose everything: The most direct synonym.
• To be cleaned out: To be stripped of all money or assets.
• To be wiped out: To be completely defeated or to lose all one's capital.

Related Idioms

• Trắng tay: to be left empty-handed.
  • Cổ phiếu sụp đổ, nhiều nhà đầu tư trắng tay. (The stocks crashed, leaving many investors empty-handed.)
• Mất trắng: to lose something completely, often suddenly.
  • Vụ lừa đảo khiến bà ấy mất trắng số tiền tiết kiệm. (The scam caused her to lose her entire savings.)