khật khà khật khừ
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Describes a slow, heavy, and unsteady walking motion: This word vividly depicts the movement of someone or something walking slowly, heavily, and with a swaying or staggering gait, often due to fatigue, carrying a heavy load, or being unwell. It is an onomatopoeic and reduplicative word that mimics the sound and rhythm of such movement.
- Describes a slow, laborious, and difficult progression: It can also metaphorically describe any process or activity that is advancing very slowly, with great effort, and in a halting manner.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Ông ấy bước đi khật khà khật khừ vì mệt. (He walked slowly and unsteadily because he was tired.)
- Chiếc xe tải chở quá nặng nên chạy khật khà khật khừ trên con đường dốc. (The truck was overloaded, so it moved laboriously up the slope.)
- Dự án đang tiến triển một cách khật khà khật khừ. (The project is progressing in a slow and halting manner.)
Advanced Usage
- Used to emphasize slowness and difficulty: The reduplicated form "khật khà khật khừ" intensifies the meaning compared to the single form "khật khừ," emphasizing a more pronounced, repetitive, and struggling motion or progress.
- Sau trận ốm, bà cụ chỉ đi được vài bước khật khà khật khừ. (After her illness, the old lady could only take a few slow, faltering steps.)
Variants and Related Words
- Khật khừ (Adjective): The base form, meaning slow, heavy, and unsteady. "Khật khà khật khừ" is an extended, more descriptive variant.
- Anh ta leo cầu thang khật khừ. (He climbed the stairs slowly and heavily.)
- Lặc lè (Adjective): Also describes a swaying, staggering walk, often due to being drunk or weak.
- Lọng cọng (Adjective): Describes moving slowly and clumsily, often due to long, awkward limbs or an ungainly posture.
Synonyms
- Lạch bạch: To waddle or walk clumsily and unsteadily.
- Lặc lè: To stagger or sway while walking.
- Chậm chạp, nặng nề: Slow, heavy (more general terms for slowness and heaviness).
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Đi khật khà khật khừ như gà mắc tóc: To walk as unsteadily as a chicken with tangled hair (a simile emphasizing extreme clumsiness and difficulty in movement).
- Bé mới tập đi, bước chân còn khật khà khật khừ như gà mắc tóc. (The child is just learning to walk, his steps are still very unsteady.)
- Công việc khật khà khật khừ: Work that is progressing slowly and with difficulty.
- Do thiếu nhân lực, công việc cứ khật khà khật khừ mãi. (Due to a lack of manpower, the work just keeps progressing slowly.)
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