Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Sunken, Hollow, Depressed: Describes a surface or area that is lower or deeper than its surroundings, forming a concavity or basin.
   • Low-lying: Refers to land or terrain that is situated at a lower elevation than the adjacent area, often prone to collecting water.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Vùng đất này rất trũng và dễ bị ngập lụt. (This land is very low-lying and prone to flooding.)
  • Sau khi ốm, đôi mắt anh ấy trông trũng sâu. (After his illness, his eyes looked sunken and deep.)
  • Nước chảy chỗ trũng. (Water flows to the low spot.) [A common idiom meaning "wealth attracts more wealth" or "things accumulate where there is already plenty."]

Advanced Usage

• "chiêm trũng": A compound noun referring to a type of deep-field rice paddy, typically low-lying and flooded for a significant part of the year.
  • Vùng này chủ yếu canh tác trên các cánh đồng chiêm trũng. (This region mainly cultivates on deep-field rice paddies.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trùng trũng (adj): A reduplicated form meaning "slightly sunken" or "gently undulating with hollows."
  • Mặt đường trùng trũng sau trận mưa. (The road surface was pitted with holes after the rain.)
• Vùng trũng (n): A lowland area, basin, or depression (in geography).
  • Vùng trũng Cửu Long là một vùng nông nghiệp trù phú. (The Mekong Delta lowlands are a fertile agricultural region.)
• Lõm (adj): Hollow, concave. A close synonym, but often for smaller, sharper depressions rather than broad areas.

Synonyms

• Sunken: Curving inward or downward.
• Hollow: Having a hole or empty space inside; concave.
• Low-lying: At a low elevation relative to the surroundings.
• Depressed (in geography): Lowered in elevation.

Related Idioms

• Nước chảy chỗ trũng: Literally "Water flows to the low spot." Figuratively, it means success or wealth tends to accumulate where it already exists, similar to "The rich get richer" or "Money goes where money is."

adj

1. depressed, sunken, hollow