tửu lượng
Definition
- Noun:
- Alcohol tolerance / Drinking capacity: The amount of alcoholic beverage a person can consume before becoming noticeably intoxicated or impaired. It refers to one's physical ability to handle alcohol.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Anh ấy có tửu lượng rất cao. (He has a very high alcohol tolerance.)
- Tửu lượng của cô ấy kém, chỉ một ly là đã say. (Her drinking capacity is low; just one glass makes her drunk.)
- Đừng ép anh ta uống, tửu lượng mỗi người khác nhau. (Don't force him to drink; everyone's alcohol tolerance is different.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in social and comparative contexts to discuss or gauge a person's ability to drink in gatherings.
- "Cao tửu lượng": high alcohol tolerance.
- Muốn làm việc trong ngành sales, anh ấy cần có cao tửu lượng. (To work in sales, he needs to have a high alcohol tolerance.)
- "Tửu lượng kém": low alcohol tolerance.
- Tôi tửu lượng kém nên chỉ dám uống bia. (I have a low alcohol tolerance so I only dare to drink beer.)
Variants and Related Words
- Uống được (v): to be able to drink (alcohol), to hold one's liquor.
- Anh ấy uống được vài chén rượu. (He can hold a few glasses of liquor.)
- Say (v): to be drunk, to become intoxicated.
- Uống nhanh thế sẽ say sớm. (Drinking that fast will make you drunk soon.)
Synonyms
- Alcohol tolerance: The body's ability to process alcohol.
- Drinking capacity: The amount one can drink.
- Ability to hold one's liquor: An idiomatic phrase for having a high alcohol tolerance.
Related Idioms
- "Tửu lượng như hũ chìm": An idiom describing someone with an exceptionally high, seemingly bottomless, capacity for alcohol (literally: "alcohol tolerance like a sinking jar").
- Đừng thách thức ông ấy uống, tửu lượng của ông như hũ chìm đấy. (Don't challenge him to a drinking contest; his capacity is bottomless.)
- "Tửu bất túy nhân nhân tự túy": A proverb meaning "The wine does not intoxicate; people intoxicate themselves," highlighting personal responsibility regarding drinking.