trùng trục
Definition
- Adjective:
- Plump and round: Describes a person or object that is short, thick, and circular in shape, often implying a lack of grace or refinement.
- Stark naked / Bare: Describes the state of being completely undressed, often in a crude, unrefined, or inelegant manner.
Usage Examples
Adjective (Plump and round):
- Đứa bé mới sinh mập mạp, trông trùng trục. (The newborn baby is chubby and looks plump and round.)
- Cái cột gỗ ấy đẽo trùng trục. (That wooden pillar is carved thick and round.)
Adjective (Stark naked):
- Đứa trẻ cởi trùng trục chạy ra sân. (The child ran out into the yard stark naked.)
- Ông ấy nằm trùng trục trên giường. (He lay on the bed completely bare.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "trùng trục" is often used in a descriptive, sometimes slightly humorous or derogatory way, emphasizing an unaesthetic, bulky roundness or an indecorous state of undress. It is more common in colloquial speech.
Variants and Related Words
- Trần trùng trục (phrase): An intensified form meaning completely and crudely naked.
- Nó tắm xong cứ trần trùng trục chạy lung tung. (After bathing, he ran around completely and crudely naked.)
Synonyms
- Plump and round: chubby, rotund, tubby.
- Stark naked: bare, nude, exposed (with a connotation of being crude).
Related Idioms
- Béo trùng trục: To be very plump and round.
- Con lợn nái béo trùng trục. (The sow is very plump and round.)