Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Noisy and disorderly in a group: Describes a scene where a crowd, especially of children, gathers in a boisterous, tumultuous, or unruly manner, often creating a commotion through their collective activity.
   • To mill about chaotically: Refers to the action of people, typically a group, clustering together in a noisy and somewhat aimless or disruptive fashion.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đám trẻ lâu nhâu ở góc sân. (The children are milling about noisily in the corner of the yard.)
  • Khách đến xem chỉ đứng lâu nhâu, không ai mua hàng. (The visitors coming to look just gathered around chaotically; no one bought anything.)
  • Bọn trẻ lâu nhâu mót cá dưới ao. (The kids noisily crowded together to glean for fish in the pond.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "lâu nhâu" often carries a mildly negative or disapproving connotation, implying that the gathering is disorderly, unproductive, or bothersome due to the noise and commotion.

Variants and Related Words

• Lâu nhàu (adj): A less common variant with the same meaning of being disorderly or grumbling in a group.
• Lố nhố (adj): Describes a group appearing in a scattered, messy, or disorderly cluster, similar to "lâu nhâu" but often more focused on visual disarray.

Synonyms

• Boisterous: Noisy, energetic, and rowdy.
• Tumultuous: Making a loud, confused noise; uproarious.
• To mill about: (Of people) to move around in a confused mass without a clear purpose.

Related Idioms

• While "lâu nhâu" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is used descriptively in phrases that characterize unruly group behavior.