è vai
Definition
- Verb:
- To sag under a load: To physically bend or stoop downwards, typically at the shoulders, due to carrying a heavy weight or burden.
- To be weighed down: To be physically or metaphorically burdened, causing a slumping posture or a feeling of being overwhelmed.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Người phu gánh hàng è vai vì sức nặng. (The porter carrying goods sagged under the load due to the weight.)
- Gánh nặng gia đình khiến anh ấy è vai. (The family burden made him be weighed down.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used to vividly describe a physical posture resulting from strain, but it can extend to describing psychological or emotional pressure.
Variants and Related Words
- Oằn vai: (verb) to bend or curve at the shoulders under a heavy load; often used interchangeably with but may imply a more pronounced arching.
- Chiếc đòn gánh làm bà oằn vai. (The carrying pole made her bend at the shoulders.)
Synonyms
- Stoop: to bend the body forward and downward.
- Sag: to sink, bend, or hang downward under weight or pressure.
- Succumb to the weight: to yield to the pressure of a heavy load.
Related Idioms
- È vai gánh vác: to shoulder a heavy responsibility.
- Ông ấy è vai gánh vác mọi việc trong nhà. (He stoops to shoulder all the work in the household.)