trào
Definition
- Verb:
- To overflow, to brim over: Refers to a liquid rising and spilling over the edge of its container because it is too full or boiling vigorously.
- To gush, to surge, to well up: Describes a strong, often sudden, upward movement or flow of a substance (like water, tears, blood) or an abstract feeling (like emotion).
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Nước sôi trào ra ngoài ấm. (The boiling water overflowed from the kettle.)
- Nước mắt cô ấy trào ra khi nghe tin buồn. (Her tears welled up when she heard the sad news.)
- Cảm xúc trong lòng anh trào dâng. (Emotions surged within him.)
- Máu trào ra từ vết thương. (Blood gushed from the wound.)
Advanced Usage
"trào lên": to surge up, to rise up (emphasizing the upward movement).
- Cơn giận trào lên khi anh ta bị đối xử bất công. (Anger surged up when he was treated unfairly.)
"trào ra": to spill out, to overflow out (emphasizing the outward movement from a container or source).
- Nước từ vòi bị hỏng trào ra sàn nhà. (Water from the broken faucet spilled onto the floor.)
Variants and Related Words
Tràn (verb): to flood, to overflow (often used interchangeably with "trào" but can imply a wider, more spreading flow).
- Nước sông tràn vào làng. (River water flooded into the village.)
Dâng trào (verb phrase): to surge, to swell up (a more emphatic combination, often for emotions or large bodies of water).
- Lòng yêu nước dâng trào. (Patriotism swelled up.)
Synonyms
- Ứa ra (verb): to ooze out, to seep out (often for tears or small amounts of liquid).
- Tuôn trào (verb): to pour out, to gush forth (emphasizes a continuous, abundant flow).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Trào lên tận cổ (idiomatic verb phrase): to rise up to one's throat (used figuratively to describe a feeling, especially anger or indignation, becoming overwhelming).
- Sự phẫn nộ trào lên tận cổ. (Indignation rose to his throat / He was filled with overwhelming indignation.)
Related Idioms
- Nước mắt trào ra: Tears welled up / Tears spilled over. (A common phrase describing the onset of crying.)
- Câu chuyện cảm động khiến nước mắt mọi người trào ra. (The touching story made everyone's tears well up.)
verb
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to overflow, to brim over
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