thuồn thuỗn
Definition
- Adjective:
- Completely straight and level: Describes something that is perfectly horizontal, flat, or straight without any curves, bends, or inclines.
- Unmoving and level: Often used to describe water surfaces that are utterly calm, placid, and without ripples.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Mặt hồ phẳng lặng, thuồn thuỗn như một tấm gương. (The lake surface was calm, perfectly level like a mirror.)
- Con đường chạy thuồn thuỗn về phía chân trời. (The road runs perfectly straight toward the horizon.)
- Nó nằm thuồn thuỗn trên giường. (He lay completely flat and straight on the bed.)
Advanced Usage
- The word is often used in a reduplicative form for emphasis (thuồn thuỗn) to intensify the quality of being straight, flat, or level.
- It can describe abstract concepts like a situation or a period of time that is uneventful, smooth, or without fluctuation.
- Công việc cứ thuồn thuỗn trôi, chẳng có gì mới mẻ. (The work just goes on smoothly, with nothing new.)
Variants and Related Words
- Thẳng thuồn thuỗn (adj): An intensified phrase meaning "perfectly straight" or "dead straight."
- Cây cột đứng thẳng thuồn thuỗn. (The pillar stands dead straight.)
Synonyms
- Flat: having a level surface without raised areas.
- Level: having a flat, horizontal surface.
- Straight: extending uniformly in one direction without a curve.
- Placid: (of water) calm and undisturbed.
Related Idioms
- Thuồn thuỗn như mặt nước hồ thu: As smooth and level as an autumn lake surface. This idiom emphasizes extreme calmness and flatness.
- Tâm trạng cô ấy giờ thuồn thuỗn như mặt nước hồ thu. (Her mood is now as placid as an autumn lake.)