Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Abundant, plentiful, existing in very large quantities: Describes a state where something is present in overwhelming or excessive amounts, often to the point of being everywhere.
   • Teeming, swarming with: Indicates a place or situation that is densely packed or filled with a large number of things or people.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Thành phố này đầy dẫy cơ hội mới. (This city is abounding in new opportunities.)
  • Khu chợ đầy dẫy những người mua sắm. (The market is teeming with shoppers.)
  • Trên mạng đầy dẫy thông tin sai lệch. (The internet is full of misinformation.)

Advanced Usage

• "đầy dẫy khắp nơi": to be found everywhere, ubiquitous.
  • Cỏ dại mọc đầy dẫy khắp nơi trong vườn. (Weeds grow in abundance everywhere in the garden.)
• Used to emphasize an excessive or undesirable quantity.
  • Báo cáo đầy dẫy lỗi chính tả. (The report is riddled with spelling errors.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đầy rẫy (adj): This is the more common modern variant with the same meaning.
  • Tội phạm đầy rẫy trên các con phố. (Crime is rife on the streets.)
• Đầy ắp (adj): Full to the brim, packed (often in a more neutral or positive sense).
• Tràn ngập (adj): Overflowing, flooded with (similar meaning, often for abstract things like emotions or light).

Synonyms

• Nhiều vô kể: Countless, innumerable.
• Chan chứa: Brimming, full to overflowing (often for emotions).
• La liệt: Lying/scattered everywhere in great numbers.

Notes on Usage

• "Đầy dẫy" often carries a slightly negative connotation, implying an excessive, chaotic, or undesirable abundance. The variant "đầy rẫy" is more frequently used in contemporary Vietnamese.
• It is typically followed by the preposition "với" (with) or "những" (plural marker) when introducing the thing that is abundant.
  • Căn phòng đầy dẫy với đồ đạc cũ. (The room is cluttered with old furniture.)
  • Đầy dẫy những vấn đề nan giải. (Abounding in thorny problems.)

adj

1. abound in