vỡ chợ
Definition
- Noun:
- Market dispersal / Market breaking up: Refers to the chaotic and disorderly dispersal of a market crowd, typically due to an unexpected incident, disturbance, or at the end of a market day. It describes the scene of people and vendors hastily and messily packing up and leaving.
- A state of chaos or disorder: Used figuratively to describe any situation that becomes chaotic, noisy, and disorganized, similar to a market suddenly dispersing.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Tiếng còi báo động làm cả khu chợ vỡ chợ. (The alarm siren caused the entire market to disperse in chaos.)
- Cuộc họp kết thúc trong cảnh vỡ chợ. (The meeting ended in a scene of total disorder.)
- Trời đổ mưa to, người bán hàng vội vã vỡ chợ. (The heavy rain started, and the vendors hurriedly broke down the market.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used to describe the specific, traditional image of a wet market or open-air market scattering. In modern contexts, it can be applied to the disorderly end of any crowded gathering.
- It can function descriptively in a sentence, often following verbs like "tan" (to disperse) or "thành ra" (to become), e.g., "Mọi thứ tan thành vỡ chợ" (Everything dissolved into chaos).
Variants and Related Words
- Tan chợ (v): A closely related phrase meaning for a market to disperse or break up.
- Gần trưa, chợ bắt đầu tan. (Around noon, the market began to disperse.)
Synonyms
- Chaotic dispersal: A disorderly breaking up of a crowd.
- Pandemonium: Wild and noisy disorder or confusion.
- Bedlam: A scene of uproar and confusion.
Related Idioms
Vỡ trận: Literally "battlefield breaking," meaning a situation collapsing into utter defeat or chaos. This is a stronger, more intense synonym often used in military or competitive contexts.
- Kế hoạch của họ thất bại thảm hại, mọi thứ vỡ trận. (Their plan failed miserably, everything fell apart.)
Cảnh vỡ chợ: A common phrase meaning "a scene of chaotic dispersal."
- Sau trận động đất nhỏ, đường phố như cảnh vỡ chợ. (After the minor earthquake, the streets were a scene of chaotic dispersal.)