trơ trụi
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Nude; Denuded: Describes something that is completely bare, stripped, or exposed, having lost all its natural covering, adornment, or contents. It often implies a stark, barren, or vulnerable state.
- Utterly Alone or Destitute: Used figuratively to describe a person or situation that is completely isolated, stripped of support, companionship, or resources.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Sau mùa thu, những cành cây trơ trụi. (After autumn, the tree branches are bare.)
- Ngọn đồi trơ trụi không một bóng cây. (The hill is denuded, without a single tree.)
- Sau biến cố, ông ấy cảm thấy trơ trụi và cô đơn. (After the incident, he felt utterly alone and lonely.)
Advanced Usage
"trơ trụi một mình": to be all alone, to be left with nothing and no one.
- Cụ bà sống trơ trụi một mình trong căn nhà nhỏ. (The old woman lives all alone in a small house.)
"trơ trụi sự thật": the naked/bare truth (a figurative use emphasizing stark reality).
- Bản báo cáo đã phơi bày sự thật trơ trụi. (The report exposed the naked truth.)
Variants and Related Words
- Trơ tráo (adj): brazen, shameless (shares the root "trơ" implying exposedness, but refers to character).
- Trọi (adj): lonely, solitary (often used in "một mình trọi" similar to "trơ trụi một mình").
Synonyms
- Bare: lacking the usual covering.
- Barren: devoid of vegetation or life.
- Stripped: having everything removed.
- Desolate: bleakly and depressingly empty.
Related Idioms
- Trơ trụi như nhộng: as bare/naked as a silkworm chrysalis (emphasizing complete nakedness or exposure).
- Đứa bé tắm xong trơ trụi như nhộng chạy ra. (The child ran out after bathing, as naked as a chrysalis.)