trắng xoá
Definition
- Adjective:
- Dazzling white / Intensely white: Describes a white color that is extremely bright, pure, and covers a wide area, often to the point of being glaring or overwhelming to the eyes.
- Whitened / Covered in white: Describes something that appears white because it is covered or coated with a substance like frost, foam, or dust over a broad surface.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Sau trận bão, mái nhà phủ đầy tuyết trắng xoá. (After the storm, the roof was covered in dazzling white snow.)
- Bức tường quét vôi trắng xoá dưới ánh nắng. (The lime-washed wall was intensely white under the sunlight.)
- Bờ sông trắng xoá bọt nước. (The riverbank was whitened with foam.)
Advanced Usage
- Used to emphasize the scale and intensity of whiteness, often in descriptive writing about nature or landscapes.
- Cánh đồng hoa bông trắng xoá một màu. (The cotton flower field was a vast expanse of dazzling white.)
Variants and Related Words
- Trắng tinh (adj): Pure white, immaculate white (often for smaller, clean objects).
- Trắng toát (adj): Stark white, deathly pale (often for skin or faces).
- Trắng bệch (adj): Pallid white, sickly pale.
Synonyms
- Dazzling white
- Gleaming white
- Snow-white (when referring to coverage like snow)
Related Idioms
- Trắng xoá như tuyết: As white as snow.
- Mái tóc bà cụ đã bạc trắng xoá như tuyết. (The old woman's hair had turned as white as snow.)