tối mịt
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Completely dark, pitch-black: Describes an extreme absence of light, where visibility is nearly or totally impossible. It emphasizes a profound, thick darkness.
- Figuratively, bewildering or unclear: Can describe a situation that is confusing, opaque, or without clarity, as if one is in the dark.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Trong rừng, trời tối mịt, chúng tôi không thể nhìn thấy gì. (In the forest, it was pitch-black; we couldn't see anything.)
- Cúp điện khiến cả thành phố chìm trong tối mịt. (The blackout plunged the entire city into complete darkness.)
- Tương lai của dự án này vẫn còn tối mịt. (The future of this project is still completely unclear.)
Advanced Usage
- Used to intensify the state of darkness beyond just "tối" (dark). It often conveys a sense of being lost, disoriented, or enveloped by the dark.
Variants and Related Words
- Tối om (adj): Also means very dark, pitch-dark. It is a close synonym.
- Căn phòng tối om. (The room is pitch-dark.)
- Tối đen (adj): Dark black, often used similarly to describe deep darkness.
- Bầu trời tối đen. (The sky is dark black.)
Synonyms
- Pitch-black: Absolutely dark, without any light.
- Impenetrably dark: So dark that light or sight cannot pass through.
- Inky: Deeply and uniformly dark.
Related Idioms
- Tối như đêm ba mươi: As dark as the night of the 30th (of the lunar month, when there is no moon). A common simile emphasizing total darkness.
- Đường hầm này tối như đêm ba mươi. (This tunnel is as dark as the night of the 30th.)