trầy trụa
Definition
- Adjective:
- Scraped; grazed; abraded: Describes skin or a surface that has suffered minor, superficial damage from friction or impact, resulting in broken skin but not deep cuts. It implies multiple small, shallow wounds.
- Scratched up; scuffed: Can describe objects with surfaces marked by numerous minor scratches or abrasions.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Đứa bé ngã xe, chân tay bị trầy trụa hết. (The child fell off the bike, and his limbs were all scraped up.)
- Sau tai nạn, mặt anh ấy trầy trụa và bầm tím. (After the accident, his face was grazed and bruised.)
- Chiếc điện thoại mới bị rơi, mặt lưng đã trầy trụa. (The new phone was dropped, and the back is now scratched up.)
Advanced Usage
- The word trầy trụa often conveys a sense of collective, widespread minor damage rather than a single, isolated injury. It is frequently used to emphasize the extent or multiplicity of superficial wounds.
Variants and Related Words
- Trầy xước (adj): scratched, scraped. Often used interchangeably with , but may imply slightly less severity or extent.
- Xe hơi bị trầy xước nhẹ. (The car was lightly scratched.)
- Trầy da (v/phrase): to scrape one's skin.
- Cậu bé trầy da đầu gối. (The boy scraped the skin on his knee.)
Synonyms
- Abrased: worn or scraped away by friction.
- Grazed: scraped the skin superficially.
- Scuffed: marked with superficial scratches or abrasions.
Related Idioms
- While trầy trụa itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is commonly used in descriptive phrases about accidents or fights to depict physical aftermath.
- Mặt mũi trầy trụa vì ẩu đả. (Face scratched and bruised from a fight.)