Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Bare, Naked: Completely uncovered, without any clothing or covering on the body. It describes a state of total physical exposure.
   • Bare, Barren: Devoid of vegetation or covering, often used for landscapes like hills or land.
   • Stark, Blunt, Undisguised: Used figuratively to describe something (like a truth, fact, or situation) that is exposed in a raw, harsh, and uncompromising manner, without any softening or concealment.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đứa trẻ chạy nhảy với thân hình trần trụi. (The child ran and jumped with a bare/naked body.)
  • Sự thật trần trụi khiến mọi người sửng sốt. (The stark truth left everyone astonished.)
  • Ngọn đồi trần trụi không một bóng cây. (The bare hill was without a single tree.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a connotation of vulnerability, harshness, or raw exposure, whether literal or metaphorical. It is stronger and more vivid than simpler synonyms like "trần" (bare).

Variants and Related Words

• Trơ trụi (adj): Also means bare, barren, or exposed, often interchangeable with "trần trụi" for landscapes or objects.
  • Cánh đồng trơ trụi sau vụ gặt. (The field was bare after the harvest.)

Synonyms

• Bare: Lacking the usual or appropriate covering.
• Naked: Without clothes or a covering.
• Stark: Severe, bare, or blunt in appearance or outline.
• Barren: Too poor to produce much or any vegetation; bleak.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Lột trần sự thật: To strip the truth bare (to reveal the naked truth). This phrase uses a related verb ("lột trần") to convey a similar figurative meaning of complete exposure.
  • Bài điều tra lột trần sự thật về vụ bê bối. (The investigative article stripped bare the truth about the scandal.)

adj

1. bare, clear