chệnh choạng
Definition
- Adjective:
- Staggering, unsteady, tottery: Describes a state of losing balance, swaying, or wobbling from side to side, often due to injury, intoxication, or weakness.
- Unsteady, wobbly: Can describe the unstable or erratic movement or control of an object, such as a vehicle.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Người say rượu đi chệnh choạng. (The drunk person walks unsteadily.)
- Bị trúng đạn, chiếc máy bay chệnh choạng. (Hit by a bullet, the plane staggered.)
- Tay lái chệnh choạng. (The steering is unsteady.)
Advanced Usage
- The word vividly depicts a precarious, rocking motion and is often used to emphasize a lack of control or stability in movement.
Variants and Related Words
- Chuệch choạng (adj): A variant form with the same meaning of staggering or unsteady.
- Anh ta bước đi chuệch choạng trong bóng tối. (He walked unsteadily in the dark.)
Synonyms
- Staggering: Walking or moving unsteadily as if about to fall.
- Tottering: Moving in a feeble or unsteady way.
- Wobbling: Moving unevenly from side to side.
- Reeling: Staggering or swaying violently.
Related Idioms
- While "chệnh choạng" itself is descriptive, it is commonly used in phrases like "đi chệnh choạng" (to walk unsteadily) to complete the imagery of staggering movement.
adj
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Staggering, unsteady, tottery
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đi chệnh choạngto stagger
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bị trúng đạn, chiếc máy bay chệnh choạnghit by a bullet, the plane staggered
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tay lái chệnh choạngunsteady steering
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