tàn lụi

Thân thiện

Cỏ cây tàn lụi vì giá rét.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To wither: To gradually lose vitality, strength, or freshness, often until death or extinction. Commonly used for plants, hopes, or industries.
   • To decline / to fade away: To enter a state of gradual weakening, decay, or diminishment until near disappearance.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cỏ cây tàn lụi vì giá rét. (The plants withered due to the cold.)
  • Hi vọng cứ tàn lụi dần. (Hope just kept fading away.)
  • Nền thương nghiệp tàn lụi. (The commerce industry declined.)

Advanced Usage

• The verb "tàn lụi" often describes a slow, inevitable, and natural process of ending, carrying a tone of melancholy or inevitability. It is frequently used in literary or formal contexts.

Variants and Related Words

• Tàn (v): to wane, to decline (e.g., - the sun sets).
• Lụi (v): to die down, to be extinguished (e.g., - the flame died down gradually).
• Tàn tạ (v): to decay, to become dilapidated (often for plants or landscapes).

Synonyms

• Wither: To become dry and shriveled.
• Decline: To decrease in strength or quality.
• Fade: To lose brightness, vitality, or clarity gradually.
• Pine away: To decline in health or spirit from grief, longing, or starvation.

Related Idioms

• While "tàn lụi" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, its components appear in phrases like "tàn cuộc" (the end of a game/match) or "lụi tàn" (a reversed form with similar meaning, emphasizing extinction).

Học thuật

verb

1. to wither, to become doued up