đói khát

Một người đàn ông đang đói khát nhìn vào một bữa ăn nóng hổi.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Hungry and thirsty: The primary meaning describes the physical state of suffering from both hunger and thirst simultaneously.
   • Desperate / in great need: An extended meaning describes a state of intense longing or desperate need for something abstract, such as love, knowledge, or justice.

2. Noun:

   • Hunger and thirst: Refers to the condition or sensation of being hungry and thirsty.
   • A state of severe deprivation: Refers to a situation of extreme want or need.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Những người tị nạn đói khát và lạnh giá. (The refugees were hungry, thirsty, and cold.)
  • Cô ấy đói khát tình yêu thương. (She is desperate for love.)

• Noun:

  • Đói khát đang đe dọa người dân vùng hạn hán. (Hunger and thirst are threatening the people in the drought region.)
  • Sự đói khát tri thức thúc đẩy anh ấy học hỏi. (The thirst for knowledge drives him to learn.)

Advanced Usage

• Used metaphorically to intensify desire.
  • đói khát chiến thắng: hungry/thirsty for victory.
  • đói khát sự công bằng: starving for justice.

Variants and Related Words

• Đói (adj): hungry.
• Khát (adj): thirsty.
• Cơn đói (n): a bout of hunger.
• Cơn khát (n): a bout of thirst.

Synonyms

• Famished and parched: (for the physical state).
• Starving: (can imply both hunger and intense need).
• Yearning / longing: (for the abstract need).

Related Idioms

• Đói ăn, khát uống: Literally "hungry then eat, thirsty then drink"; meaning to address basic needs directly or that some solutions are simple and natural.
• Chết đói chết khát: to die of hunger and thirst; used to describe a situation of extreme deprivation.