Definition

Adjective: 1. Naked, completely nude: Describes a state of being without any clothing, fully exposed. This term often carries a strong connotation of being starkly, shockingly, or indecently bare. Example: The statue depicted a lõa lồ figure. 2. Bare, exposed (figurative): Used metaphorically to describe something that is laid bare, uncovered, or revealed in a raw, unprotected, or shameless manner. Example: His lõa lồ ambitions were clear to everyone.

Usage Examples

• Literal meaning:
  • Những tù nhân bị bắt phải cởi áo lõa lồ. (The prisoners were forced to strip naked.)
  • Đứa trẻ chạy lõa lồ trên bãi biển. (The child ran naked on the beach.)
• Figurative meaning:
  • Sự thật lõa lồ trước mắt mọi người. (The naked truth was before everyone's eyes.)
  • Những toan tính lõa lồ của hắn không thể che giấu được. (His barefaced schemes could not be hidden.)

Advanced Usage

• "lõa lồ ra": to be exposed, to be laid bare. This phrase emphasizes the action or state of becoming uncovered.
  • Mọi âm mưu cuối cùng cũng lõa lồ ra. (All plots were finally laid bare.)
• Used in literary or formal contexts to convey a sense of vulnerability, shame, or stark reality, stronger than the more neutral "trần truồng" (nude).

Variants and Related Words

• Trần truồng (adj): Nude, naked. A more common and neutral term for being without clothes.
• Lộ liễu (adj): Blatant, flagrant. Shares the connotation of being shamelessly obvious or exposed, but not specifically about physical nakedness.
• Lộ ra (verb phrase): To be revealed, to show.

Synonyms

• Trần truồng: nude, naked.
• Khoả thân: nude (often used in artistic contexts).
• Trơ trụi: bare, stripped (can be used for objects or landscapes).

Antonyms

• Che đậy: covered up, concealed.
• Kín đáo: discreet, modest.
• Mặc quần áo: clothed.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• "Lõa lồ như nhộng": As naked as a silkworm pupa. An idiom emphasizing complete and vulnerable nakedness.
  • Sau trận lũ, ngôi làng hiện ra lõa lồ như nhộng. (After the flood, the village lay as bare as a pupa.)
• "Để lộ/Phơi bày lõa lồ": To expose/reveal something starkly.
  • Bài báo đã phơi bày lõa lồ những sai phạm của công ty. (The article starkly exposed the company's wrongdoings.)

adjective

1. naked