chơi bời
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Definition
- Verb:
- To socialize or associate (with someone): Refers to the act of spending time with friends or companions, often in a casual or leisurely context.
- To indulge in frivolous or dissolute pastimes: Describes engaging excessively in entertainment, pleasure-seeking, or idle amusement, often with a negative connotation of neglecting responsibilities.
- To do something carelessly or half-heartedly: Used as an adverbial phrase following a verb to indicate that an action is performed without seriousness, proper effort, or concern for the outcome.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Hắn chỉ biết chơi bời với lũ bạn vô công rỗi nghề. (He only knows how to hang out with his idle friends.)
- Nó suốt ngày chơi bời, không lo học hành. (He spends all day carousing, with no thought for his studies.)
- Làm chơi bời như thế thì hỏng việc mất. (If you do it so carelessly, the work will be ruined.)
Advanced Usage
- The term often carries a moral judgment, implying wasted time, lack of ambition, or engagement in questionable activities.
- It can describe a general lifestyle of hedonism or irresponsibility, not just a single activity.
Variants and Related Words
- Chơi bời lêu lổng (v): To loaf about, to lead a dissolute and aimless life.
- Thanh niên không nên chơi bời lêu lổng. (Young people should not loaf about.)
- Ăn chơi (v): To live a life of pleasure and indulgence.
- Hắn nổi tiếng là tay ăn chơi. (He is known as a pleasure-seeker.)
Synonyms
- To socialize: To participate in social activities.
- To carouse: To drink and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way.
- To frolic: To play and move about cheerfully, excitedly, or energetically.
- To loaf: To spend time in a lazy, idle way.
Related Idioms
- Chơi bời phóng túng: To live a wild, unrestrained, and dissolute life.
- Thời trẻ, ông ấy sống một cuộc đời chơi bời phóng túng. (In his youth, he lived a wild and dissolute life.)
verb
- To be friends
- To indulge in play
- chỉ chơi bời, không lo họcto be more interested in playing than in learning
- To play at
- làm chơi bờito play at working