eo sèo
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Verb:
- To nag / to scold persistently: To complain or find fault in an annoying, repetitive, and often high-pitched manner.
- To make a din / to clamor: To create a loud, confused, and irritating noise, often from many people talking or arguing at once.
Adjective:
- Noisy and quarrelsome: Describing a situation or atmosphere filled with loud, contentious, and irritating sounds, typically from arguments or complaints.
Usage Examples
Verb:
- Họ eo sèo về giá cả suốt buổi sáng. (They haggled noisily about the price all morning.)
- Đừng eo sèo nữa, tôi đang bận. (Stop nagging, I'm busy.)
Adjective:
- Quán ăn trở nên thật eo sèo vào giờ trưa. (The eatery becomes really noisy and quarrelsome at lunchtime.)
- Một cuộc tranh cãi eo sèo. (A noisy, squabbling argument.)
Advanced Usage
- The word often implies a sense of petty, irritating conflict or complaint, not serious anger. It frequently describes domestic squabbles, market haggling, or trivial public disputes.
Variants and Related Words
- Eo óc (verb): An older, near-synonym meaning to make a shrill, annoying noise or to nag.
- Cãi vã (verb): To argue or quarrel, but without the specific connotation of shrill, nagging noise that "eo sèo" carries.
Synonyms
- Nag: To annoy by constant fault-finding or complaints.
- Squabble: To engage in a petty, noisy quarrel.
- Clamor: A loud and confused noise, especially of people shouting.
- Bicker: To argue about petty, trivial matters.
Related Idioms
- Eo sèo mặt nước buổi đò đông: A literary phrase describing the noisy, clamorous scene at a crowded ferry crossing, used metaphorically for any chaotic and contentious situation.
- Hội nghị giống như cảnh eo sèo mặt nước buổi đò đông. (The conference was like the noisy scene at a crowded ferry crossing.)
- Harp on scold
- Lấy phải bà vợ cư eo sèo suốt ngàyTo have married a woman who keeps scolding (nagging) the whole day
- Raise a din