Definition

1. Verb:
   • To work, to labor: "làm lụng" refers to the act of working, especially physical or manual labor, often implying effort and diligence.
   • To toil, to work hard: It conveys a sense of working diligently, often with a connotation of hardship or strenuous effort.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ông ấy làm lụng cả ngày để nuôi gia đình. (He works all day to support his family.)
  • Người nông dân làm lụng vất vả trên cánh đồng. (The farmer toils hard in the field.)
  • Có làm lụng thì mới có ăn. (Only through work/labor will you have food to eat.)

Advanced Usage

• "làm lụng vất vả": to work very hard, to toil strenuously.
  • Bà ấy đã làm lụng vất vả cả đời. (She has worked very hard her whole life.)
• "làm lụng chăm chỉ": to work diligently and conscientiously.
  • Anh ấy làm lụng chăm chỉ nên được thăng chức. (He works diligently, so he got promoted.)

Variants and Related Words

• Làm (verb): to do, to work. (A simpler, more general synonym).
• Lao động (verb/noun): to labor, labor. (More formal, often used in economic or political contexts).
• Cần cù (adjective): diligent, industrious. (Describes the quality of a hard worker).

Synonyms

• Lao động: to labor.
• Cày cuốc: to plow and hoe (idiomatic for doing hard manual farm work).
• Vất vả làm ăn: to strive and work hard for a living.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

(Note: As a compound verb itself, "làm lụng" is typically used as a unit. Vietnamese often forms phrases by adding descriptive adverbs.) - Làm lụng kiếm sống: to work to make a living. - Họ làm lụng kiếm sống qua ngày. (They work to make a living day by day.) - Đầu tắt mặt tối làm lụng: (Idiomatic) to work from dawn till dusk, to be extremely busy with work. - Cha mẹ tôi đầu tắt mặt tối làm lụng. (My parents work tirelessly from dawn till dusk.)

Related Idioms

• "Có làm thì mới có ăn, không dưng ai dễ đem phần đến cho": A proverb meaning "You must work to eat; no one will bring your portion to you for no reason." It emphasizes the value of "làm lụng".
• "Tay làm hàm nhai": Literally "Hands work, mouth chews." An idiom meaning one lives by the work of one's own hands, directly related to the concept of "làm lụng".

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