Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Hairy; shaggy; covered with hair or fur: Describes a person, animal, or body part that has a noticeable, often thick or abundant, growth of hair.
   • Feathery; covered with feathers: Can describe birds or things resembling a covering of feathers.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Người đàn ông đó có đôi tay lông lá. (That man has hairy hands.)
  • Con chó Bắc Cực có bộ lông lá dày để giữ ấm. (The Arctic dog has a thick, shaggy coat to keep warm.)
  • Cánh chim lông lá. (The feathery wing of a bird.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to emphasize an untamed, wild, or unkempt physical appearance due to excessive hair.
  • Sau nhiều tháng trong rừng, anh ta trở về với vẻ ngoài lông lá. (After many months in the forest, he returned with a shaggy, wild appearance.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lông (n): hair, fur, feather. The singular/collective noun form.

  • Lông mày (eyebrow), lông vũ (feather).

• Lởm chởm (adj): jagged, bristly. Sometimes used in a similar context for rough, prickly surfaces, but not specifically for hair.

Synonyms

• Có nhiều lông: having a lot of hair.
• Rậm lông: thickly haired.
• Xù xì: rough, shaggy (can describe texture).

Related Idioms

• Lông lá ngược: Literally "hair standing on end"; used to describe a state of extreme fear or anger.
  • Nghe tiếng động lạ, nó sợ đến nỗi lông lá ngược lên. (Hearing the strange noise, it was so scared its hair stood on end.)