xối xả
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Fast, heavy, and intense: Describes something that happens or is done in a very rapid, dense, and forceful manner, often in large quantities. It emphasizes both speed and volume.
- Torrential, pouring: Often used to describe rain falling heavily and continuously.
- Unrestrained, vehement: Used to describe verbal attacks or criticism that are harsh, rapid, and delivered without pause.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Trời đổ mưa xối xả. (The rain is pouring down torrentially.)
- Anh ta bị chỉ trích xối xả trên báo chí. (He was vehemently criticized in the press.)
- Khẩu súng máy bắn ra những loạt đạn xối xả. (The machine gun fired intense, rapid bursts of bullets.)
Advanced Usage
- "ăn tiêu xối xả": to spend money lavishly and without restraint.
- Sau khi trúng số, anh ta ăn tiêu xối xả. (After winning the lottery, he spent money lavishly.)
- "mắng/chửi xối xả": to scold or curse someone vehemently and without stopping.
- Bà chủ mắng xối xả nhân viên vì lỗi sai đó. (The boss gave the employee a vehement scolding for that mistake.)
Variants and Related Words
- Xối (verb): to pour (a liquid) heavily and directly. Often used in compound forms.
- Xối nước (to pour water).
- Xả (verb): to release, to let out, to vent. Often implies a forceful or complete release.
- Xả hơi (to relax, to let off steam).
- Xả lũ (to release floodwaters from a dam).
Synonyms
- Dữ dội: fierce, violent (often for storms or conflicts).
- Ào ạt: rushing, pouring, surging (emphasizes a strong, oncoming flow).
- Trút (as in ): to pour down (like tipping out water).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs / Collocations)
- Đổ xối xả: to pour down torrentially (used almost exclusively for rain).
- Cơn mưa đổ xối xả suốt một tiếng đồng hồ. (The rain poured down torrentially for a full hour.)
- Nói xối xả: to speak in a rapid, relentless, and often aggressive stream.
- Cô ấy nói xối xả không cho ai cắt lời. (She spoke in a rapid, relentless stream, not letting anyone interrupt.)
Related Idioms
- (Mưa) như trút nước: (Rain) like tipping out water. A common idiom synonymous with .
- Ngoài trời mưa như trút nước. (It's raining cats and dogs outside.)