lạch bạch
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Definition
Verb: - To waddle: To walk with short, clumsy steps, swaying from side to side, often like a duck or a person carrying a heavy load. It describes a slow, heavy, and unsteady gait.
Usage
The word lạch bạch is an onomatopoeic verb (từ mô phỏng) that vividly imitates the sound and motion of a heavy, plodding walk. It is used to describe movement that is slow, labored, and often awkward.
Examples
- (The mother duck led her ducklings waddling to the pond.)
- (He carried a heavy sack of rice, waddling along the muddy road.)
- (The toddler just learning to walk took waddling steps, looking very adorable.)
Advanced Usage
- Lạch bà lạch bạch: This is a reduplicated form (láy) of the word. The addition of "lạch bà" intensifies the meaning, emphasizing a continuous, repeated, or even more clumsy and heavy waddling motion.
- Chú vịt béo ú lạch bà lạch bạch bước xuống nước. (The plump duck waddled clumsily and continuously into the water.)
Variants and Related Words
- Lạch bạch functions primarily as a verb. Its reduplicated form lạch bà lạch bạch is a common variant with stronger descriptive force.
Synonyms
- Lặc lè: (verb) To waddle, to toddle (also describes an unsteady, swaying walk).
- Lật đật: (verb/adverb) To hurry in a clumsy, bustling manner (focuses more on hurried clumsiness than the side-to-side motion).
Related Idioms or Phrases
While lạch bạch itself is not typically part of fixed idioms, it is a descriptive word often used in similes: - Chạy lạch bạch như vịt bầu: To run waddling like a fat duck. (A simile emphasizing clumsy, heavy running.)