tầm tã
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Definition
Adjective:
- Pouring, torrential, heavy (of rain): Describes rain that is falling for a long time, with large, dense, and continuous drops.
- Profuse, copious: Extends to other liquids (like sweat) falling or flowing abundantly and steadily.
Adverb:
- Pouringly, heavily, copiously: Describes the manner in which something, typically rain or a similar flow, falls or happens.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Trời đổ mưa tầm tã suốt ba ngày. (It rained torrentially for three days.)
- Sau buổi tập, anh ấy đẫm mồ hôi tầm tã. (After the workout, he was drenched in profuse sweat.)
Adverb:
- Mưa rơi tầm tã trên mái tôn. (The rain fell heavily on the tin roof.)
- Nước mắt cô ấy tuôn tầm tã. (Her tears flowed copiously.)
Advanced Usage
- Used figuratively to describe anything occurring with great intensity, abundance, or relentlessness, often with a negative connotation.
- Công ty nhận chỉ trích tầm tã từ báo chí. (The company received heavy/pouring criticism from the press.)
Variants and Related Words
- Mưa tầm tã (noun phrase): torrential/pouring rain.
- Đường phố ngập vì mưa tầm tã. (The streets are flooded due to torrential rain.)
Synonyms
- Adjective/Adverb: Torrential, heavy, pouring, copious, profuse.
- For rain: Downpour, deluge (as nouns describing the phenomenon).
Related Idioms
- While "tầm tã" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is commonly used in poetic or descriptive contexts to emphasize abundance and intensity, often paired with verbs like , , or (to pour, to shed, to fall).
adv
- pouringly, heavily