trĩu trịt
Definition
- Adjective:
- Heavily laden or weighed down: Describes something, typically a branch or a load, that is bending or sagging due to being full or carrying a great weight.
- Overloaded or brimming: Used to indicate an object is so full or abundant that it appears strained or excessively full.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Cành cây trĩu trịt những quả xoài. (The tree branch is heavily laden with mangoes.)
- Chiếc xe trĩu trịt hàng hóa. (The cart is overloaded with goods.)
- Gánh lúa trĩu trịt trên vai. (A carrying pole weighed down with rice on the shoulder.)
Advanced Usage
- The word often carries a connotation of a pleasing or fruitful abundance, particularly in agricultural contexts. It visually evokes an image of something bending under a positive, productive weight.
Variants and Related Words
- Trĩu (adj): The root form, meaning heavy, weighed down, or sagging. "Trĩu trịt" is an intensified, more descriptive variant.
- Cành cây trĩu quả. (The branch is heavy with fruit.)
Synonyms
- Laden: Loaded or weighed down.
- Brimming: Full to the point of overflowing.
- Overburdened: Loaded with too much weight.
Related Idioms
- While "trĩu trịt" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is commonly used in descriptive phrases to emphasize fruitful yield or excessive burden, such as "" (brimming with fruit) or "" (weighed down with worries), though the latter is a more poetic, figurative extension.