hỏi lục vấn
Definition
- Verb:
- To interrogate persistently and scatteredly: To ask many disjointed or rambling questions at once, often in a manner that is perceived as bothersome, excessive, or lacking focus.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Đừng hỏi lục vấn nữa, hãy tập trung vào một vấn đề thôi. (Stop interrogating me with scattered questions; focus on one issue.)
- Bọn trẻ hỏi lục vấn về mọi thứ chúng nhìn thấy trong viện bảo tàng. (The children bombarded us with scattered questions about everything they saw in the museum.)
- Phóng viên đó có thói quen hỏi lục vấn, khiến các cuộc phỏng vấn kéo dài vô ích. (That reporter has a habit of asking a barrage of disjointed questions, making interviews unnecessarily long.)
Advanced Usage
- The term often carries a negative connotation, implying that the questioning is annoying, inefficient, or overwhelming due to its lack of order and excessive scope.
Variants and Related Words
- Chất vấn (v): to interrogate, to question (often in a formal, pointed, or challenging manner, typically without the "rambling" nuance).
- Tra hỏi (v): to interrogate, to question (often implies a formal or investigative inquiry).
- Hỏi dồn (v): to press with repeated questions.
Synonyms
- To bombard with questions: To ask many questions rapidly and intensively.
- To badger: To pester someone with persistent questions.
- To grill: To question intensely and thoroughly.
Related Idioms
- Hỏi xoáy đáp xoay: A playful idiom describing a situation where evasive answers are given to probing or tricky questions. While not identical, it shares the context of a dynamic, often frustrating, Q&A.
- Cuộc phỏng vấn trở thành một màn hỏi xoáy đáp xoay. (The interview turned into a session of tricky questions and evasive answers.)