thâm thủng
Definition
- Adjective:
- In deficit / in the red: Describes a financial situation, especially a budget, where expenditures exceed income or revenues, resulting in a shortfall or loss.
- Having a hole / leaking: Describes an object, typically a boat or container, that has been punctured or breached, allowing contents (like water) to enter.
Usage Examples
- Adjective (Financial):
- Ngân sách nhà nước bị thâm thủng. (The state budget is in deficit.)
- Công ty thông báo tài khoản thâm thủng. (The company announced its accounts are in the red.)
- Adjective (Physical):
- Con thuyền bị thâm thủng sau khi đâm vào đá. (The boat was holed after hitting a rock.)
- Thùng nước đã thâm thủng. (The water barrel is leaking.)
Advanced Usage
- "thâm thủng ngân sách": budget deficit.
- Vấn đề thâm thủng ngân sách cần được giải quyết. (The budget deficit problem needs to be resolved.)
- "thâm thủng lỗ chỗ": full of holes, riddled with holes.
- Mái tôn đã cũ thâm thủng lỗ chỗ. (The old corrugated iron roof is riddled with holes.)
Variants and Related Words
- Thủng (v/adj): to be punctured, to have a hole.
- Lốp xe bị thủng. (The tire is punctured.)
- Bội chi (n): deficit (primarily for budgets).
- Kế hoạch giảm bội chi ngân sách. (A plan to reduce the budget deficit.)
Synonyms
- Deficit: the amount by which something, especially money, is too small.
- In the red: operating at a loss or owing money.
- Holed / Leaking: having a hole that allows substance to escape or enter.
Related Idioms
- Thâm thủng đáy: to have a bottomless deficit; a severe, unsustainable financial shortfall.
- Dự án này cứ thâm thủng đáy, không biết bao giờ mới hết. (This project just has a bottomless deficit; who knows when it will end.)