tái mét

Mặt anh ấy tái mét sau khi nghe tin.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Extremely pale or ashen: Describes a person's complexion that has lost its normal color, becoming unnaturally white or pallid, typically due to shock, fear, illness, or extreme fatigue. It implies a more severe pallor than just "tái" (pale).

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Nghe tin dữ, mặt cô ấy tái mét. (Upon hearing the bad news, her face turned deathly pale.)
  • Đứa bé sốt cao, người tái mét. (The child had a high fever and looked ghastly pale.)
  • Anh ấy mệt đến nỗi trông tái mét cả mặt. (He was so exhausted that his face looked completely ashen.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is often used to intensify the state of paleness, emphasizing a lack of vitality or a reaction to a severe physical or emotional shock. It is commonly used in descriptive narratives.

Variants and Related Words

• Tái (adj): pale.
  • Mặt tái đi vì sợ hãi. (Face turned pale from fear.)
• Tái xanh (adj): greenish-pale, livid.
• Tái ngắt (adj): deathly pale, utterly pallid.

Synonyms

• Deathly pale: extremely pale, as in death.
• Ashen: pale gray in color, like ash.
• Ghastly pale: pale in a shocking or frightening way.
• Livid: furiously pale or pallid.

Related Idioms

• Mặt tái mét như vải (idiom): Face as pale as cloth. A simile emphasizing extreme paleness.
  • Sau cú ngã, nó đứng dậy với khuôn mặt tái mét như vải. (After the fall, he stood up with a face as pale as cloth.)