Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Prolix; long-winded; lengthy: Describes speech, writing, or discourse that is unnecessarily and tediously long, often rambling and lacking conciseness.
   • Vagrant; errant; dissolute: Describes a lifestyle that is wandering, aimless, or morally loose, characterized by a lack of stability or proper conduct.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Prolix):
  • Bài phát biểu của ông ấy quá dông dài. (His speech was too long-winded.)
  • Đừng viết dông dài, hãy đi thẳng vào vấn đề chính. (Don't write at great length; go straight to the main point.)
• Adjective (Vagrant):
  • Anh ta sống một cuộc đời dông dài, không nhà cửa. (He lived a vagrant life, without a home.)
  • Thời trai trẻ, hắn ăn chơi dông dài. (In his youth, he led a dissolute life.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a negative connotation, implying criticism of the unnecessary length of communication or the irresponsibility of a lifestyle.
• It can describe not just the content but also the of speaking or writing that is circuitous and unfocused.

Variants and Related Words

• Dài dòng (adj): Redundant, verbose. Often used interchangeably with the "prolix" meaning of .
  • Lời giải thích dài dòng của cô ấy khiến mọi người mất kiên nhẫn. (Her lengthy explanation made everyone lose patience.)

Synonyms

• Prolix/Long-winded: Verbose, rambling, wordy.
• Vagrant/Errant: Wandering, itinerant, wayward, dissolute.

Related Idioms

• Nói dông dài: To speak at great length; to ramble on.
  • Cứ mỗi lần uống rượu, ông ấy lại bắt đầu nói dông dài về quá khứ. (Every time he drinks, he starts rambling on about the past.)

adj

1. prolix; lengthy
   • lời lẽ dông dãi
     lengthy words