chẻo lẻo

Đứa trẻ đó thật chẻo lẻo, nói không ngừng.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Loquacious; talkative: Describes a person who talks a great deal, often in a fluent and rapid manner.
   • Voluble; garrulous: Characterized by a ready and continuous flow of speech, sometimes to an excessive degree.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đứa trẻ đó thật chẻo lẻo, nói không ngừng. (That child is so talkative, speaking non-stop.)
  • Bà ấy nổi tiếng là một người chẻo lẻo trong làng. (She is known as a loquacious person in the village.)

Advanced Usage

• The word chẻo lẻo is considered somewhat rare or literary in modern Vietnamese. It often carries a neutral to slightly negative connotation, implying excessive or non-stop talking.

Synonyms

• Talkative: fond of or given to talking.
• Loquacious: tending to talk a great deal.
• Voluble: speaking or spoken incessantly and fluently.
• Garrulous: excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.

Related Idioms

• While chẻo lẻo itself is not commonly found in fixed idioms, its meaning is related to the concept of non-stop speech, similar to expressions like "nói như máy" (to talk like a machine) or "nói liên hồi" (to talk incessantly).