âm ỉ
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Smouldering: Describes a fire that burns slowly without a flame, often with smoke.
- Dull and persistent: Refers to a pain, feeling, or sensation that is not sharp or acute but continues for a long time at a low, nagging intensity.
- Simmering / Suppressed: Describes an emotion, conflict, or state that exists in a hidden or subdued manner but continues to develop slowly.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Lửa cháy âm ỉ trong đống tro tàn. (The fire smouldered in the pile of ashes.)
- Cô ấy cảm thấy một cơn đau âm ỉ ở lưng. (She felt a dull, persistent ache in her back.)
- Sự bất mãn âm ỉ trong nội bộ công ty. (There was simmering discontent within the company.)
Advanced Usage
- Used to describe abstract, lingering states:
- Một nỗi buồn âm ỉ. (A lingering sadness.)
- Cuộc xung đột âm ỉ suốt nhiều năm. (The conflict simmered for many years.)
Variants and Related Words
- Âm thầm (adj/adv): silently, secretly. Focuses more on quiet action rather than persistent intensity.
- Kéo dài (v): to last, to prolong. Describes duration but not the specific low-grade quality of "âm ỉ".
Synonyms
- Smouldering: (for fire or emotions).
- Dull: (for pain).
- Persistent: lasting.
- Lingering: lasting for a long time.
- Subdued: quiet and restrained.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Giận dữ âm ỉ: smouldering anger.
- Sự giận dữ âm ỉ của anh ấy cuối cùng cũng bùng nổ. (His smouldering anger finally erupted.)
- Cơn sốt âm ỉ: a low-grade, persistent fever.
- Bệnh nhân có cơn sốt âm ỉ vài ngày. (The patient had a low-grade fever for a few days.)
adj
- Smouldering, dull and lasting
- lửa cháy âm ỉthe fire is smouldering
- cơn đau âm ỉa dull ache