cà lơ

Thân thiện

Anh ta sống một cuộc đời cà lơ, hết nơi này đến nơi khác.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Vagrant-like; having the appearance or manner of a vagrant: Describes a person who looks or acts like a homeless wanderer, often with connotations of being disreputable or having bad manners.
   • Shiftless; good-for-nothing: Suggests a lack of purpose, stability, or respectable conduct.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ta trông thật cà lơ với bộ quần áo rách nát. (He looks truly vagrant-like with his tattered clothes.)
  • Đừng có thái độ cà lơ như vậy! (Don't have such a shiftless attitude!)

Advanced Usage

• The term "cà lơ" is often used pejoratively and can imply not just homelessness, but a deliberate rejection of social norms or a disreputable lifestyle.

Variants and Related Words

• Cà lơ phất phơ (adj): An intensified form, describing someone who wanders aimlessly and appears utterly rootless or without direction.
  • Cậu ấy suốt ngày cà lơ phất phơ, không lo làm ăn gì. (He wanders around aimlessly all day, not bothering to work.)

Synonyms

• Vagabond: A person who wanders from place to place without a home or job.
• Shiftless: Lacking initiative or ambition; lazy.
• Good-for-nothing: Contemptibly useless or worthless.

Related Idioms

• Sống đời cà lơ: To live a vagrant or vagabond life.
  • Hắn quyết định bỏ nhà đi sống đời cà lơ. (He decided to leave home to live a vagrant life.)

Học thuật

adj

1. Like a bad-mannered vagrant