trống tuếch

Khu đất trống tuếch nằm cạnh con đường làng.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Completely empty or vacant: Describes a space, area, or container that has absolutely nothing inside it, emphasizing a stark absence of contents or occupants.
   • Bare, exposed, or unprotected: Describes a place that is open, lacking shelter, cover, or any form of protection, often feeling desolate.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Căn phòng trống tuếch, không một bóng người. (The room was completely empty, without a soul in sight.)
  • Chiếc túi trống tuếch, chẳng còn đồng xu nào. (The bag was utterly empty, not a single coin left.)
  • Khu đất trống tuếch giữa cánh đồng. (The plot of land was bare and exposed in the middle of the field.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "trống tuếch" is often used for dramatic or literary effect to intensify the sense of emptiness. It is stronger than the simple word "trống" (empty).
• It can describe abstract states of emptiness, such as a lack of ideas or feelings.
  • Đầu óc tôi trống tuếch sau giờ làm. (My mind is completely blank after work.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trống trơn (adj): also means completely empty or bare, very similar in meaning and usage to "trống tuếch."

  • Tài khoản ngân hàng trống trơn. (The bank account is completely empty.)

• Trống rỗng (adj): empty, void; often used for both physical spaces and abstract concepts like an empty feeling or life.

  • Cảm giác trống rỗng. (A feeling of emptiness.)

Synonyms

• Empty: containing nothing.
• Vacant: not occupied.
• Bare: without covering or contents; exposed.
• Desolate: bleakly and depressingly empty.

Related Idioms

• Trống không: an idiom meaning completely empty. It is very close in meaning and can often be used interchangeably with "trống tuếch."
  • Cái hộp trống không. (The box is completely empty.)