thăm thẳm
Definition
- Adjective:
- Immeasurably deep or vast; profound and seemingly endless: Describes a space, distance, or depth that is so great it inspires awe or a sense of the infinite. It often conveys a poetic or emotional quality of boundlessness.
- Figuratively profound or bottomless: Used to describe abstract concepts like sadness, silence, or time, suggesting an unfathomable depth.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Anh nhìn vào bầu trời đêm thăm thẳm. (He gazed into the immeasurably deep night sky.)
- Giếng cổ này sâu thăm thẳm. (This ancient well is profoundly deep.)
- Nỗi buồn trong mắt cô ấy thăm thẳm. (The sadness in her eyes was bottomless.)
Advanced Usage
- "thăm thẳm lòng người": the unfathomable depths of the human heart.
- Tình yêu và thù hận là những điều thăm thẳm lòng người. (Love and hatred are things from the unfathomable depths of the human heart.)
Variants and Related Words
- Thẳm (adj): deep, profound. is an intensified, reduplicative form of .
- Vực thẳm (n): abyss, chasm.
- Sâu thẳm (adj): deep, profound (similar to thăm thẳm but slightly less literary).
Synonyms
- Bottomless: having no bottom.
- Unfathomable: incapable of being fully explored or understood.
- Abyssal: resembling an abyss in depth.
- Profound: very great or intense (often for abstract things).
Related Idioms
- Thăm thẳm đêm dài: the profound depths of the long night (evoking a sense of endless, deep time or darkness).
- Một mình đối diện với thăm thẳm đêm dài. (Alone, facing the profound depths of the long night.)