tới tấp
Definition
Adverb: - In rapid succession; one after another in quick, relentless succession: Describes actions, events, or things arriving or occurring continuously and densely, without pause, creating a sense of being overwhelmed. - Incessantly; non-stop: Indicates a high frequency and intensity of occurrence, often in a manner that is difficult to manage or keep up with.
Usage Examples
- Adverb:
- Khách hàng gọi điện tới tấp. (Customers called incessantly.)
- Công việc mới cứ đến tới tấp. (New work just kept coming in rapid succession.)
- Mưa rơi tới tấp trên mái tôn. (The rain fell relentlessly on the tin roof.)
Advanced Usage
- Used to intensify verbs, emphasizing the overwhelming, unbroken flow of actions. It often implies a sense of pressure or being bombarded.
- Những câu hỏi được đặt ra tới tấp khiến diễn giả bối rối. (Questions were fired off in such rapid succession that the speaker became flustered.)
Variants and Related Words
- Dồn dập (adv): In quick, successive waves; one after another urgently. A close synonym.
- Tin xấu đến dồn dập. (Bad news came in quick succession.)
Synonyms
- Incessantly: Without interruption; constantly.
- Relentlessly: In an unceasingly intense or harsh way.
- One after another: In a continuous sequence.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Tới tấp như mưa: (Coming) as thick and fast as rain. Used to describe something arriving or happening in an overwhelming, continuous stream.
- Lời khen tặng tới tấp như mưa sau buổi biểu diễn. (Praise poured in thick and fast after the performance.)