trần
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Definition
Noun:
- Ceiling: The overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.
- The mortal world; earthly life: A poetic or literary term referring to the human world, as opposed to the spiritual or heavenly realms.
Adjective:
- Bare; naked: Used to describe a part of the body, typically the torso, that is uncovered or without clothing.
- Exposed; uncovered: Describing something that is not concealed, shielded, or decorated.
- Plain; unadorned: In a natural, simple state without any additions or embellishments.
Adverb (colloquial):
- Merely; only; nothing but: Used to emphasize that there is nothing more than what is mentioned.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Đèn được gắn trên trần nhà. (The light is fixed on the ceiling.)
- Anh ấy đã rời bỏ cõi trần. (He left this mortal world.)
Adjective:
- Cậu bé mặc quần đùi, trần mình tắm mưa. (The boy, wearing shorts and bare-chested, bathed in the rain.)
- Hắn cầm thanh kiếm trần. (He held a naked sword.)
- Món cá được hấp trần. (The fish is steamed plain.)
Adverb:
- Trong túi nó trần có năm đồng. (In his pocket, there is only five dong.)
Advanced Usage
"trần trụi": Completely naked or starkly bare, often used literally or metaphorically.
- Sự thật được phơi bày một cách trần trụi. (The truth was revealed in a starkly bare manner.)
"bày trần": To lay out or expose something openly.
- Kẻ địch đã bày trần kế hoạch của chúng. (The enemy laid out their plan openly.)
Variants and Related Words
Đầu trần (adj): Bare-headed.
- Không đội mũ, anh ấy đầu trần đi dưới nắng. (Not wearing a hat, he walked under the sun bare-headed.)
Mắt trần (n): The naked eye.
- Vì sao đó có thể nhìn thấy bằng mắt trần. (That star can be seen with the naked eye.)
Synonyms
- Ceiling: overhead, roof (interior).
- Bare: nude, exposed, uncovered.
- Plain: simple, unadorned, natural.
- Only: merely, just, solely.
Related Idioms
Trần như nhộng: As naked as a worm; meaning completely naked or destitute.
- Sau trận lũ, nhiều người sống trần như nhộng. (After the flood, many people lived destitute.)
Cõi trần: The mortal realm; the earthly world.
- Những lo toan của cõi trần. (The worries of the earthly world.)
adj
- bare, naked plain