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Definition
- Adjective:
- Bitter (taste): Having a sharp, pungent, and often unpleasant taste that is not sour or salty, characteristic of substances like certain medicines, unripe fruits, or coffee.
- Bitter (feeling): Causing or characterized by sharp mental pain, deep resentment, or severe disappointment.
Usage Examples
- Adjective (taste):
- Thuốc này rất đắng. (This medicine is very bitter.)
- Quả mướp đắng có vị đắng. (Bitter melon has a bitter taste.)
- Adjective (feeling):
- Anh ấy có một ký ức đắng. (He has a bitter memory.)
- Lời từ chối thật đắng lòng. (The rejection was truly bitter/hard to swallow.)
Advanced Usage
- Used metaphorically to describe harsh truths or painful experiences.
- Sự thật đắng lòng. (A bitter truth.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đắng cay (adj): Bitter and acrid; often used to describe a compounded feeling of bitterness and pain, both in taste and emotion.
- Trải nghiệm đắng cay. (A bitter/painful experience.)
- Đắng ngắt (adj): Extremely bitter (in taste).
- Vị cà phê đắng ngắt. (The coffee tastes intensely bitter.)
Synonyms
- Bitter: Having a sharp, unpleasant taste; feeling angry and unhappy.
- Acrid: Unpleasantly bitter or pungent (more specific to smell/taste).
Related Idioms
- Đắng như bồ hòn: As bitter as the fruit of the soapberry tree (a proverb meaning extremely bitter).
- Vị thuốc nam này đắng như bồ hòn. (This herbal medicine is as bitter as soapberry.)
- Ngậm đắng nuốt cay: To "hold the bitter and swallow the spicy"; to endure hardship and bitterness in silence.
- Bà ấy ngậm đắng nuốt cay nuôi con khôn lớn. (She endured immense hardship in silence to raise her children.)