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bao lăm

Chiếc xe cũ ấy chẳng đáng bao lăm.

Definitions

  1. Pronoun (Đại từ):

    • How much, how many: Used to ask about quantity or amount, often in rhetorical questions or negative statements to imply "not much/not many."
    • Not much, not many: Used to indicate a small or insignificant quantity or amount.

  2. Adjective (Tính từ):

    • Of little value/amount: Describes something as having little monetary worth, quantity, or importance.
Usage Examples

  • Pronoun:

    • Công sức bỏ ra chẳng đáng bao lăm. (The effort put in isn't worth much.)
    • Trong túi nó còn bao lăm đâu? (How much could possibly be left in his pocket?) [Implies: Not much.]

  • Adjective:

    • Món đồ bao lăm ấy mà cũng tiếc. (It's just a thing of little value, why be reluctant to part with it?)
    • Một số tiền bao lăm. (A small/insignificant amount of money.)
Advanced Usage
  • "chẳng/không đáng bao lăm": to be not worth much; to be of little value or significance.
    • Lời hứa ấy chẳng đáng bao lăm. (That promise isn't worth much.)
  • Used in comparative or dismissive contexts to minimize quantity or importance.
    • Kiến thức của hắn thì bao lăm mà khoe. (His knowledge is so meager, yet he brags about it.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Bao nhiêu: The standard, neutral interrogative pronoun meaning "how much/how many." is a variant, often with a more colloquial or rhetorical nuance.
  • Mấy: Another colloquial term for "a few; how many/much," often used in similar contexts.
Synonyms
  • Chẳng là bao: (Idiomatic) It's nothing much; it's insignificant.
  • Ít ỏi: (Adjective) Meager, scanty, very little in amount.
  • Không đáng kể: (Phrase) Insignificant, not worth mentioning.
Related Phrases
  • Được bao lăm: To get/achieve only a little.
    • Cả tháng làm được bao lăm. (Worked the whole month but earned only a little.)
  • Tốn bao lăm: To cost only a little; to not cost much.
    • Việc này tốn bao lăm đâu mà ngại. (This task won't cost much, don't hesitate.)
Related Idioms
  • Bao nhiêu cũng là bao lăm: (Implies) No matter how much it seems, it's actually not much. Used to downplay an amount.
    • Anh cho bao nhiêu cũng là bao lăm thôi. (Whatever amount you give, it's still just a little.)
bao lăm

Chiếc xe cũ ấy chẳng đáng bao lăm.

  1. Not much
    • chiếc xe đạp cũ này chẳng đáng bao lăm
      this old bicycle is not worth much

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