Definition

1. Verb:
   • To fall over backwards, to fall flat on one's back: "lăn chiêng" describes the action of falling or tumbling over, ending up lying on one's back, often in a sudden or uncontrolled manner.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy bị trượt chân và lăn chiêng xuống sàn. (He slipped and fell flat on his back onto the floor.)
  • Đứa trẻ đang chạy thì vấp phải hòn đá và lăn chiêng ra đất. (The child was running, tripped over a stone, and tumbled over backwards onto the ground.)

Advanced Usage

• "lăn chiêng lăn chiếng": This is a reduplicated, more emphatic form of the verb, often used to describe a more dramatic, clumsy, or repeated falling over.
  • Nó cứ chạy loạng choạng rồi lăn chiêng lăn chiếng mãi. (He kept staggering while running and then tumbling over again and again.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ngã (verb): to fall. This is the general term for falling.
• Ngã ngửa (verb): to fall backwards. This is a close synonym, though "lăn chiêng" can imply a more rolling or tumbling motion.
• Lăn quay (verb): to roll over. This focuses more on the rolling action itself.

Synonyms

• Fall backwards: ngã ngửa.
• Tumble over: ngã lộn nhào.

Related Idioms

• "Cười lăn chiêng": To laugh so hard that one rolls over backwards. This idiom describes being overcome with laughter.
  • Câu chuyện hài khiến mọi người cười lăn chiêng. (The funny story made everyone laugh until they rolled over.)