uế vật
Definition
- Noun:
- Filth / Foul matter: Refers to physically unclean, dirty, or disgusting substances, often waste or excrement.
- Defiled object: An object considered impure, contaminated, or profane, often in a moral or ritual sense.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Công nhân phải dọn dẹp các uế vật tại công trường. (Workers had to clean up the filth at the construction site.)
- Theo tín ngưỡng, nơi thờ cúng không được có uế vật. (According to belief, places of worship must not contain defiled objects.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is formal and carries a strong connotation of impurity, often used in literary, religious, or legal contexts rather than in everyday conversation about simple trash.
Variants and Related Words
- Chất thải (n): waste, refuse (a more general and neutral term).
- Cặn bã (n): dregs, scum (often metaphorical for societal elements).
- Ô uế (adj): impure, defiled (the adjective form describing a state of contamination).
Synonyms
- Filth: Grossly disgusting dirt or refuse.
- Foul matter: Offensively unclean or impure substance.
- Impurity: A state of being adulterated or profaned.
Related Idioms
- Uế khí xung thiên: Foul air reaching the sky; describes a situation of extreme corruption or moral decay.
- Vụ bê bối đó đúng là uế khí xung thiên. (That scandal was truly a case of foul air reaching the sky [a scene of utter depravity].)