lẩn quẩn
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Definition
- Verb:
- To follow someone persistently, to hover around someone: To move around or stay near a person in a constant, often annoying or clingy manner.
- To go around in circles, to be stuck in a repetitive loop (of thoughts, actions): To be trapped in a cycle of repetitive thoughts or actions without making progress or finding a solution. This meaning is very close to and often interchangeable with "luẩn quẩn".
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Đứa trẻ cứ lẩn quẩn bên chân mẹ. (The child kept hovering around his mother's feet.)
- Anh ta lẩn quẩn trong công viên suốt buổi chiều. (He lingered around the park all afternoon.)
- Tôi không thể ngừng suy nghĩ về vấn đề đó, đầu óc cứ lẩn quẩn mãi. (I can't stop thinking about that problem; my mind keeps going around in circles.)
- Câu chuyện của họ toàn là những lời lẩn quẩn, không đi đến đâu cả. (Their conversation was just beating around the bush, going nowhere.)
Advanced Usage
"Đầu óc lẩn quẩn": A mind stuck in a loop.
- Sau thất bại, đầu óc anh ấy cứ lẩn quẩn với những ý nghĩ tiêu cực. (After the failure, his mind was stuck in a loop of negative thoughts.)
"Lẩn quẩn trong căn phòng": To pace around restlessly in a room.
- Cô ấy lẩn quẩn trong căn phòng chờ tin tức. (She paced around the room waiting for news.)
Variants and Related Words
Luẩn quẩn (verb): This is a very close synonym, almost identical in meaning, emphasizing a circular, trapped, or repetitive state, especially for thoughts or situations.
- Vấn đề cứ luẩn quẩn mãi không giải quyết được. (The problem keeps going in circles without being resolved.)
Quẩn quanh (verb): To hang around, to linger in an area. It can imply a lack of purpose or direction.
- Nó chỉ quẩn quanh trong nhà cả ngày. (He just hangs around the house all day.)
Synonyms
- Theo đuôi (verb): To tail, to follow closely (often literally behind someone).
- Vấn vương (verb): To linger, to be attached to (often used for feelings or memories).
- Loanh quanh (verb): To hang around, to mill about (focuses more on physical movement within an area).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Lẩn quẩn bên (ai/cái gì): To hover around (someone/something).
- Con chó cứ lẩn quẩn bên bàn ăn. (The dog kept hovering around the dining table.)
Related Idioms
Lẩn quẩn như thịt nấu đông: To be stuck going in circles (like meat in aspic—a dish where ingredients are suspended). This idiom vividly describes a state of being trapped in a static, repetitive situation.
- Dự án này lẩn quẩn như thịt nấu đông, chẳng tiến tới đâu. (This project is stuck going in circles, making no progress.)
Nói lẩn quẩn: To speak in a roundabout way, to beat around the bush.
- Đừng nói lẩn quẩn nữa, hãy đi thẳng vào vấn đề đi. (Stop beating around the bush; get straight to the point.)
verb
- to follow; to hover
- lẩn quẩn bên mình người nàoto follow someone about,to beat about the bush