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Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Exhausted; extremely weak: Describes a state of being completely drained of energy, to the point where one's body feels limp or unable to function.
    • Drooping; limp: Describes something, often plants or body parts, hanging down loosely due to a lack of strength or vitality.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • Làm việc cả ngày, tôi thấy mệt lả. (Working all day, I feel dead tired.)
    • Cây lúa lả xuống sau trận bão. (The rice plants drooped down after the storm.)
    • Cô ấy đói lả người. (She is weak from hunger.)
Advanced Usage
  • The word "lả" is often used in combination with adjectives like (tired) or (hungry) to intensify them, forming phrases meaning "extremely tired" or "weak from hunger."
  • It can describe a graceful, undulating motion, such as the gentle, dipping flight of a bird.
    • Con cò bay lả trên cánh đồng. (The heron flies gracefully, dipping over the field.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Lả lướt (adj/phrase): Describes a smooth, graceful, and flowing movement or manner.
    • Vũ công múa một cách lả lướt. (The dancer moves in a graceful, flowing manner.)
Synonyms
  • Exhausted: Drained of energy.
  • Limp: Lacking stiffness; drooping.
  • Prostrated: Laid low; overcome with weakness.
Related Idioms

  • Mệt lả: Dead tired, completely exhausted.

    • Sau chuyến leo núi, họ về nhà mệt lả. (After the hike, they came home dead tired.)

  • Đói lả: Weak or faint from hunger.

    • Đứa trẻ đói lả vì nhịn ăn cả ngày. (The child was weak from hunger after not eating all day.)
lả

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adj
  1. exhausted; weak
    • mệt lả
      dead tired

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