Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Weak, feeble, lacking strength: Describes a state of physical weakness, frailty, or lack of vigor.
   • Faint, thin, weak (of sound): Describes a sound that is faint, thin, or lacking in volume and power.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau trận ốm, anh ấy trông rất èo éo. (After the illness, he looks very weak and feeble.)
  • Tiếng hát của cô ấy nghe èo éo trong gió. (Her singing voice sounded faint and thin in the wind.)
  • Cây cối èo éo vì thiếu nước. (The plants are weak and drooping due to lack of water.)

Advanced Usage

• "èo éo như sợi bún": An idiom meaning extremely weak, feeble, or limp, comparing something to a soft rice noodle.
  • Bị sốt cả tuần, người nó èo éo như sợi bún. (Having had a fever for a week, he is as weak as a limp noodle.)

Variants and Related Words

• Èo uột (adj): Also means weak, feeble, frail. It is a close synonym.
  • Cành cây èo uột dễ gãy. (The frail tree branch is easy to break.)

Synonyms

• Yếu ớt (adj): Weak, frail.
• Ốm yếu (adj): Sickly, weak (often from illness).
• Lờ đờ (adj): Lethargic, sluggish.

Related Idioms

• "Èo èo như cái bóng ma": As faint/weak as a ghost; used to describe someone or something extremely pale, weak, or insubstantial.
  • Thiếu ngủ cả đêm, sáng ra mặt mày èo èo như cái bóng ma. (After staying up all night, in the morning his face was as pale and weak as a ghost.)

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