lú
Definition
Adjective:
- Dull-witted; slow-minded: Describes a person who is mentally slow, lacking sharpness or intelligence.
- Forgetful; absent-minded: Describes a state of having a poor memory or being oblivious, often to past events or details.
Verb (colloquial):
- To sprout; to emerge: Describes something beginning to appear or peek out, like a plant sprouting or the moon rising.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Nó trông hơi lú. (He looks a bit dull-witted.)
- Bà cụ hay lú lẫn, quên việc hôm qua. (The old woman is often forgetful, forgetting yesterday's events.)
Verb:
- Mầm cây mới lú khỏi mặt đất. (The plant sprout has just emerged from the ground.)
- Mặt trăng lú sau đám mây. (The moon peeked out from behind the clouds.)
Advanced Usage
- The adjective "lú" is often used in a critical or pitying tone to describe someone's diminished mental state, not as a formal medical term.
- In its verbal sense, "lú" is used informally, primarily in spoken language, to describe a slow, gradual appearance.
Variants and Related Words
Lú lẫn (adj): Confused, muddled, suffering from memory lapses.
- Tuổi già khiến ông ấy lú lẫn. (Old age makes him confused.)
Lú lấp (v, rare): To be obscured or hidden; to be covered and then partially revealed.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Slow, dim-witted, obtuse, forgetful, absent-minded.
- Verb: To sprout, to appear, to emerge, to peek out.
Related Idioms
Lú như chấu chấu: As dull as a grasshopper (a simile emphasizing extreme foolishness or lack of wit).
- Thằng bé ấy lú như chấu chấu. (That boy is as dull as a grasshopper.)
Nó lú nhưng chú nó khôn: He is dull-witted, but his uncle is clever (a proverb noting that lack of intelligence in one person does not extend to their relatives).
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pull - brained; dull - witted
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