Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Flabby: Used primarily to describe meat, especially fatty meat, that is soft, loose, and lacking firmness. It implies a texture that is unpleasantly soft, often due to excess fat or poor quality.
   • Soft and Rubbery: Describes something, typically meat, that is both mushy and unpleasantly tough or chewy at the same time.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Miếng thịt lợn này bụng nhụng quá, không ngon. (This piece of pork is too flabby, not tasty.)
  • Thịt bò bụng nhụng rất khó ăn. (Flabby beef is very unpleasant to eat.)
  • Đám thịt mỡ bụng nhụng. (A flabby bit of fat meat.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is almost exclusively used in a culinary or butchery context to criticize the texture and quality of meat. It carries a negative connotation.

Variants and Related Words

• Nhũn nhẽo (adj): Soggy, mushy. Can describe food or other soft, structureless things.
• Nhão (adj): Mushy, pulpy. Often used for overcooked food or mud.

Synonyms

• Flabby: Lacking firmness.
• Floppy: Soft and hanging loosely.
• Rubbery: Tough and elastic in an unpleasant way.

Related Idioms

• While "bụng nhụng" itself is not typically part of a common idiom, it relates to the descriptive vocabulary for poor-quality food.

adj

1. Flabby (nói về thịt)
   • đám thịt mỡ bụng nhụng
     a flabby bit of fat meat