trù mật
Definition
- Adjective:
- Dense and prosperous: Describes an area, typically a region or settlement, that has a high concentration of people or things and is also thriving, flourishing, or prosperous. It combines the ideas of physical density (crowded, thick) and successful development.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Vùng đồng bằng sông Hồng có dân cư trù mật. (The Red River Delta has a dense and prosperous population.)
- Đây là một khu vực kinh tế trù mật. (This is a dense and prosperous economic zone.)
- Thành phố cảng phát triển trù mật. (The port city developed densely and prosperously.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in formal, descriptive contexts such as geography, economics, and urban planning to characterize regions with high socioeconomic activity and population density.
- It can sometimes imply a positive connotation of fertile land or successful commercial activity supporting the dense population.
Variants and Related Words
- Trù phú (adj): Rich, fertile, affluent (often describing land or resources). It shares the "prosperous" aspect but does not inherently include the "dense" aspect.
- Đông đúc (adj): Crowded, populous, densely populated. It shares the "dense" aspect but does not inherently include the "prosperous" aspect.
Synonyms
- Thickly populated and flourishing
- Densely settled and prosperous
- Populous and thriving
Related Idioms
- While "trù mật" itself is not typically part of a common idiom, it is a standard compound adjective. Its components are seen in other terms:
- Mật độ (n): Density (e.g., population density - mật độ dân số).
- Trù phú (adj): Affluent, abundant.