Definition

1. Verb:
   • To flood / to inundate: To cover or fill an area completely with water, often due to overflow or high tide.
   • To flood / to swamp / to saturate: To be present in an overwhelming or excessive quantity, filling a space or market.
   • To fill / to overwhelm: To permeate or engulf a person, heart, or mind with a powerful emotion or feeling.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nước lũ tràn ngập các con phố. (Floodwater flooded the streets.)
  • Đồ chơi rẻ tiền tràn ngập thị trường. (Cheap toys flooded the market.)
  • Niềm hạnh phúc tràn ngập trong trái tim cô ấy. (Happiness filled her heart.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to describe abstract concepts (e.g., light, sound, memories) filling a space completely.
  • Ánh nắng tràn ngập căn phòng. (Sunlight flooded the room.)
  • Ký ức tràn ngập tâm trí anh ấy. (Memories overwhelmed his mind.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tràn (v): to overflow, to spill.

  • Nước tràn ra khỏi cốc. (The water overflowed from the glass.)

• Ngập (v): to be submerged, to be inundated.

  • Thành phố bị ngập sau cơn bão. (The city was submerged after the storm.)

Synonyms

• Flood: To cover with water or to arrive in large quantities.
• Overwhelm: To overpower emotionally or in quantity.
• Permeate: To spread throughout.
• Saturate: To fill completely.

Related Idioms

• Tràn ngập cảm xúc: To be overwhelmed with emotion.

  • Cô ấy tràn ngập cảm xúc khi nhận quà. (She was overwhelmed with emotion when receiving the gift.)

• Tràn ngập sắc màu: To be awash with color; vividly colorful.

  • Khu vườn tràn ngập sắc màu vào mùa xuân. (The garden was awash with color in spring.)