bệ rạc
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Slovenly, slipshod: Describes a person's appearance or actions that are messy, careless, and lacking in tidiness or order.
- Squalid: Describes living conditions or an environment that are dirty, run-down, and unpleasant due to neglect.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Ăn mặc trông bệ rạc. (To look slovenly in one's clothes.)
- Sống bệ rạc. (To live in squalor.)
- Nhà cửa bệ rạc. (The house is squalid/dilapidated.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "bệ rạc" often carries a moral judgment, implying not just physical untidiness but also a lack of dignity, propriety, or character in one's way of life.
- Lối sống bệ rạc. (A squalid/slovenly way of life.)
Variants and Related Words
- Lôi thôi (adj): Messy, troublesome, complicated (often for situations or appearance).
- Luộm thuộm (adj): Untidy, sloppy (primarily for appearance).
Synonyms
- Untidy: Not neat or orderly.
- Shabby: In poor condition from long use or lack of care.
- Dilapidated: In a state of disrepair or ruin (especially for buildings).
- Sordid: Involving ignoble actions and motives; also dirty or squalid.
Related Idioms
- Ăn ở bệ rạc: To live in a morally and physically degraded manner.
- Khu phố đó nổi tiếng vì những kẻ ăn ở bệ rạc. (That neighborhood is notorious for people who live in a sordid manner.)
adj
- Slovenly, slipshod Squalid
- ăn mặc trông bệ rạcto look slovenly in one's clothes
- sống bệ rạcto live in squalor