đầy ứ
Definition
- Adjective:
- Overflowingly full; brimming; saturated: Describes a state where a container, space, or thing is so completely filled that it can hold no more, often implying a sense of excess or being overfilled to the point of spilling.
- Stuffed; crammed: Can describe a feeling, such as being overly full from eating, or a place that is overly crowded.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Bể nước đã đầy ứ. (The water tank is overflowing full.)
- Sau bữa tiệc, tôi cảm thấy đầy ứ. (After the feast, I felt stuffed.)
- Căn phòng đầy ứ đồ đạc cũ. (The room is crammed with old belongings.)
Advanced Usage
- Used figuratively to describe an overwhelming abundance of abstract things.
- Lòng cô ấy đầy ứ sự oán hận. (Her heart is brimming with resentment.)
Variants and Related Words
Đầy (adj): full.
- Cốc đầy nước. (The cup is full of water.)
Ứ đọng (v): to stagnate, to accumulate without flowing.
- Nước mưa ứ đọng trên mái. (Rainwater stagnates on the roof.)
Synonyms
- Overflowing: so full that contents spill over.
- Brimming: filled to the very top.
- Crammed: filled tightly or packed.
- Saturated: thoroughly soaked or filled to capacity.
Related Idioms
- Đầy ắp: (similar meaning) chock-full, teeming.
- Kho lúa đầy ắp. (The granary is chock-full of rice.)