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Nước mưa đọng lại trên lá sen.

Definition

Verb:
- To stagnate: To stop flowing and remain in one place, typically used for liquids like water.
- To accumulate / to collect: To gather or be left behind in a place, often as a residue or deposit.
- To remain unresolved / to be pending: To be left unsettled or not dealt with, often referring to tasks, debts, or issues.
- To linger / to be retained: To stay fixed in a place, such as in the memory or mind.

Usage Examples

Verb:
- Nước mưa đọng trong lốp xe. (Rainwater stagnates in the tire.)
- Nhiều việc vẫn đọng lại chưa giải quyết. (Many tasks remain pending, unresolved.)
- Ký ức đẹp ấy vẫn đọng trong tâm trí tôi. (That beautiful memory still lingers in my mind.)

Advanced Usage

"đọng lại": to be left behind; to remain.
- Sau cơn bão, bùn đất đọng lại khắp sân. (After the storm, mud was left all over the yard.)
"ứ đọng": to be congested; to be backlogged (often for traffic, work, or fluids).
- Công việc giấy tờ đang bị ứ đọng. (The paperwork is backlogged.)

Variants and Related Words

Đọng nước (v): to have water pooling/stagnating.
- Mái nhà bị dột khiến trần nhà đọng nước. (The leaking roof caused water to pool on the ceiling.)
Tích đọng (v): to accumulate over time (often for emotions, capital, or substances).
- Sự oán giận tích đọng nhiều năm. (Resentment accumulated over many years.)

Synonyms

Related Idioms

Nước đọng chỗ trũng: Stagnant water in a low spot. (Implies things or people tend to accumulate in vulnerable or low positions.)
- Công ty đó như nước đọng chỗ trũng, toàn nhân tài yếu. (That company is like stagnant water in a low spot, full of weak talent.)
Đọng lời: To be at a loss for words; to have words stuck in one's throat (often due to emotion).
- Nghe tin ấy, cô ấy đọng lời, không nói được gì. (Upon hearing that news, she was at a loss for words and couldn't say anything.)

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