vô thiên lủng
Definition
- Adjective (informal, emphatic):
- Countless / innumerable / a huge number of: Used to emphasize an extremely large, often overwhelming, quantity of things or people. It carries a vulgar or very colloquial tone.
- By the truckload / loads of: Suggests an abundant, messy, or unmanageably large amount.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Trên mạng có thông tin vô thiên lủng, cần biết chọn lọc. (There is countless information online; one needs to be selective.)
- Công viên có muỗi vô thiên lủng vào buổi tối. (There are loads of mosquitoes in the park in the evening.)
- Hắn ta có tiền án vô thiên lủng. (He has a huge number of prior convictions.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase is often used for hyperbolic effect to express frustration, overwhelm, or to stress extreme abundance in a vivid, informal way.
- It typically modifies nouns directly and is used in negative or problematic contexts more often than positive ones.
Variants and Related Words
Vô số (adj): innumerable, numerous (standard, neutral tone).
- Cô ấy có vô số ý tưởng sáng tạo. (She has numerous creative ideas.)
Hàng đống (adj, informal): heaps of, piles of.
- Tôi còn hàng đống việc phải làm. (I still have heaps of work to do.)
Synonyms
- Innumerable: too many to be counted.
- Countless: too many to count.
- A slew of: a large number of (informal).
- Loads of / tons of: a very large amount (informal).
Related Idioms
Nhiều vô kể: too many to tell, a great many (less vulgar).
- Lỗi trong báo cáo này nhiều vô kể. (The mistakes in this report are too many to tell.)
Nhiều như nấm sau mưa: as plentiful as mushrooms after rain (idiom for abundance).
- Cửa hàng mới mở nhiều như nấm sau mưa. (New shops are opening up as plentiful as mushrooms after rain.)