Definition

1. Verb:
   • To become lazy / to grow idle: Describes the process of developing a lazy or indolent attitude, often gradually or after a period of activity. It implies a shift into a state of laziness.
   • To laze about / to loaf: To engage in lazy behavior, to spend time doing little or nothing.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nghỉ hè quá lâu, nó đâm lười không muốn học lại. (On summer break for too long, he became lazy and didn't want to study again.)
  • Công việc nhàn hạ khiến anh ấy đâm lười. (The undemanding job made him grow idle.)
  • Đừng có ngồi đâm lườn cả ngày thế! (Don't just sit there lazing about all day like that!)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a nuance of criticism or negative judgment regarding the development of an unproductive habit or character trait.

Variants and Related Words

• Lười (adj): lazy, indolent.

  • Đứa trẻ đó rất lười. (That child is very lazy.)

• Lười biếng (adj): lazy, slothful (stronger connotation).

  • Thái độ lười biếng sẽ hủy hoại tương lai bạn. (A slothful attitude will ruin your future.)

Synonyms

• Become lazy: to start being unwilling to work or use energy.
• Slack off: to decrease one's effort or activity.
• Idle: to spend time doing nothing.

Related Idioms

• Ăn không ngồi rồi: to be idle and live off others; to live in idle luxury.
  • Nó suốt ngày ăn không ngồi rồi, đâm lười ra. (He's idle all day, living off others, and has become lazy.)