ba láp
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Definition
Adjective:
- Nonsensical, senseless: Describing speech, writing, or ideas that are foolish, absurd, or lacking in seriousness or truth.
- Unreliable, not to be trusted: Describing a person who is prone to talking nonsense or making empty promises, and is therefore not credible.
Adverb:
- In a nonsensical manner: Used to describe the action of speaking or behaving in a foolish or absurd way.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Đừng nghe những lời ba láp của hắn. (Don't listen to his nonsensical talk.)
- Anh ta là một kẻ ba láp, đừng tin anh ta. (He is an unreliable person, don't trust him.)
- Adverb:
- Hắn cứ nói ba láp suốt buổi tối. (He just talked nonsense all evening.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in a dismissive or critical tone to reject an argument, story, or person's credibility as being frivolous or without substance.
Variants and Related Words
- Nói ba láp (verb phrase): to talk nonsense.
- Nó chỉ biết nói ba láp thôi. (He only knows how to talk nonsense.)
Synonyms
- Vô nghĩa: meaningless.
- Nhảm nhí: ridiculous, silly.
- Không đáng tin: unreliable.
Related Idioms
- Chuyện ba láp: a nonsensical story; tall tale.
- Đó chỉ là chuyện ba láp cho trẻ con. (That's just a nonsensical story for children.)
adj
- nonsensical, senseless
- câu chuyện ba lápnonsensical talk
- cái gọi là bản dịch này thì hoàn toàn ba lápthis so-called translation is quite nonsensical
- nói ba lápto talk nonsense