Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Having enough to eat: Describes a state where one has sufficient food for basic sustenance, without experiencing hunger or food scarcity.
   • Sufficient for a living: More broadly, it can describe a condition of having just enough resources for a modest, basic livelihood.

2. Verb phrase:

   • To have enough to eat: To possess or obtain an adequate amount of food for survival or daily needs.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Gia đình tôi giờ đã đủ ăn. (My family now has enough to eat.)
  • Cuộc sống đủ ăn là mơ ước của nhiều người. (A life with enough to eat is the dream of many people.)

• Verb phrase:

  • Làm ruộng chỉ đủ ăn, không dư giả. (Farming only provides enough to eat, not abundance.)
  • Họ lo làm thế nào để đủ ăn qua ngày. (They worry about how to have enough to eat day by day.)

Advanced Usage

• "đủ ăn đủ mặc": A common compound phrase meaning "to have enough to eat and wear," describing a state of basic material sufficiency, a simple but secure life.
  • Công việc này giúp họ đủ ăn đủ mặc. (This job helps them have enough to eat and wear.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đủ sống (adjective/verb phrase): to have enough to live on, to make ends meet.

  • Thu nhập ấy chỉ đủ sống. (That income is just enough to live on.)

• Đủ dùng (adjective): sufficient for use, adequate.

  • Số gạo này đủ dùng cho một tháng. (This amount of rice is sufficient for one month.)

Synonyms

• Sufficient: adequate for the purpose.
• To make ends meet: to have just enough money to pay for one's basic necessities.

Related Idioms

• "Ăn đủ no, mặc đủ ấm": Literally "to eat full enough, to wear warm enough," emphasizing the fundamental needs of food and clothing being met.
  • Mong sao mọi người đều được ăn đủ no, mặc đủ ấm. (I hope everyone has enough to eat their fill and wear enough to stay warm.)

verb

1. to have enough to eat