bỏ lửng
Definition
- Verb:
- To leave unfinished, to leave incomplete: To stop doing something before it is finished, leaving it in an incomplete state.
- To leave hanging, to leave in suspense: To intentionally not conclude a matter, statement, or story, creating a sense of suspense or incompleteness.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Anh ấy bỏ lửng câu chuyện giữa chừng. (He left the story hanging in the middle.)
- Đừng bỏ lửng công việc như vậy. (Don't leave the work half-done like that.)
- Nhà văn thích bỏ lửng kết thúc để độc giả tự suy ngẫm. (The writer likes to leave the ending open for readers to contemplate.)
Advanced Usage
- "bỏ lửng một vấn đề": to leave an issue unresolved.
- Hội nghị đã bỏ lửng vấn đề quan trọng này. (The conference left this important issue unresolved.)
- Used in artistic and narrative contexts to describe an intentional technique of not providing closure.
- Bài thơ bỏ lửng ở khổ cuối, gợi nhiều cảm xúc. (The poem ends inconclusively in the final stanza, evoking many emotions.)
Variants and Related Words
- Dở dang (adj): unfinished, incomplete. Often describes a state resulting from being "bỏ lửng".
- công trình dở dang (an unfinished construction)
- Bỏ dở (verb): to abandon, to leave off. Similar to "bỏ lửng" but can imply a more permanent abandonment.
- bỏ dở việc học (to drop out of school)
Synonyms
- Để dang dở: to leave unfinished.
- Ngừng lại giữa chừng: to stop midway.
Related Phrases
- Câu nói bỏ lửng: an unfinished sentence, a trailing-off remark.
- Một câu nói bỏ lửng đôi khi có sức nặng hơn. (An unfinished sentence sometimes carries more weight.)
- Kết thúc bỏ lửng: an open ending, an inconclusive ending (in literature/film).
- Bộ phim có kết thúc bỏ lửng khiến khán giả bàn tán. (The film has an open ending that got the audience talking.)
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Leave unfinished, leave half-done
