lả lơi
Definition
- Verb:
- To act flirtatiously or coquettishly: To behave in a playfully alluring or suggestive manner, often through speech, gestures, or attitude, typically in a context of romantic or sexual interest. It implies a lack of restraint or modesty.
- To be wanton or lascivious: To display a bold, overt, and sometimes indecent familiarity or sexual forwardness.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cô ấy cười nói lả lơi với mọi người đàn ông trong phòng. (She talked and laughed flirtatiously with every man in the room.)
- Ánh mắt lả lơi của người lạ khiến cô khó chịu. (The stranger's wanton gaze made her uncomfortable.)
- Giọng nói lả lơi ấy không phù hợp với hoàn cảnh trang nghiêm. (That coquettish tone of voice is not suitable for a solemn occasion.)
Advanced Usage
- The word lả lơi carries a strong connotation of impropriety and is often used in a critical or disapproving sense to describe behavior considered too forward, indiscreet, or lacking in dignity.
- It is frequently used in literary contexts to describe characters or scenes of seduction.
Variants and Related Words
- Lả lướt (adj): Describes a graceful, slender, and often seductive figure or movement.
- Dáng đi lả lướt. (A gracefully slender walk.)
- Lơi lả (adj): A less common variant with a similar meaning to lả lơi, emphasizing looseness and lack of restraint.
Synonyms
- Flirtatious: Behaving in a way that shows a playful sexual attraction.
- Coquettish: Behaving in a way that is intended to attract sexual attention in a playful way.
- Wanton: (Of a woman) sexually immodest or promiscuous.
- Lascivious: Feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire.
Related Idioms
- Bướm lả ong lơi: A proverb describing a scene of flirtation and seduction, literally "flirtatious butterflies and wanton bees." It evokes an image of playful, unrestrained romantic pursuit.
- Lả lơi đưa tình: To flirt openly and suggestively.
verb
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to indulge in familiarities with
