triền miên
Definition
- Adjective:
- Interminable; endless; prolonged without a clear end: Describes a state, situation, or action that continues for a very long time in a wearying, monotonous, or burdensome manner. It often carries a negative connotation of something being tiresomely persistent.
- Constant; continual; unceasing: Refers to something that occurs without interruption or pause.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Cơn mưa triền miên kéo dài suốt tuần. (The interminable rain lasted the whole week.)
- Cô ấy chịu đựng những cơn đau đầu triền miên. (She suffers from constant headaches.)
- Cuộc khủng hoảng kinh tế triền miên đã làm kiệt quệ đất nước. (The prolonged economic crisis has exhausted the country.)
Advanced Usage
- The word is primarily used in written or formal contexts to emphasize the tedious, draining, and unbroken nature of a negative phenomenon.
- It can modify abstract nouns (e.g., worry, war, inflation) or natural phenomena (e.g., rain, drought).
Variants and Related Words
- Miên man (adj): prolonged, lingering (often with a more neutral or even poetic connotation, like thoughts or dreams drifting on).
- Những suy nghĩ miên man. (Lingering thoughts.)
Synonyms
- Endless: having no end.
- Protracted: lasting for a long time or longer than expected.
- Perpetual: never ending or changing.
- Unremitting: never relaxing or slackening; incessant.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Triền miên trong đau khổ: to be mired in perpetual suffering.
- Dân tộc ấy đã trải qua nhiều năm triền miên trong đau khổ. (That people went through many years mired in perpetual suffering.)
- Công việc triền miên: never-ending work.
- Anh ấy chán ngấy với đống công việc triền miên. (He is fed up with the never-ending work.)
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interminable
