lầy lội
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Muddy, slushy: Describes a surface, typically a road or path, that is covered with or characterized by a lot of wet, soft, and sticky mud, making it difficult to traverse.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Sau cơn mưa, con đường vào làng trở nên rất lầy lội. (After the rain, the road into the village became very muddy.)
- Chúng tôi phải đi bộ qua một đoạn đường lầy lội. (We had to walk through a muddy stretch of road.)
- Cánh đồng lầy lội sau mùa lũ. (The field is slushy after the flood season.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used to emphasize the difficulty or inconvenience caused by the muddy conditions, not just the presence of mud.
- Cuộc sống lầy lội is a metaphorical phrase describing a life full of difficulties and entanglements, akin to being stuck in mud.
Variants and Related Words
Lầy (adj): muddy, boggy. Often used interchangeably with "lầy lội" but can be slightly less intense.
- Vùng đất lầy. (A marshy area.)
Bùn lầy (n): mud, mire.
- Xe bị sa vào bùn lầy. (The car got stuck in the mire.)
Synonyms
- Muddy: covered in or full of mud.
- Slushy: consisting of or covered with partially melted or watery mud.
- Boggy: too wet and muddy to be easily walked on; marshy.
Related Idioms
Đường lầy lội: a muddy road. This is the most common collocation.
- Hành trình gian nan qua những con đường lầy lội. (A arduous journey over muddy roads.)
(Cuộc sống) lầy lội: a (figuratively) muddy, difficult life.
- Anh ấy đã thoát khỏi cuộc sống lầy lội ngày xưa. (He escaped the muddy life of the past.)