la đà
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Definition
- Adverb:
- Unsteadily, quiveringly: Describes a light, swaying, or trembling motion, often due to a gentle force like wind. It conveys a sense of something hanging low and moving softly from side to side.
- In a dazed, staggering manner: Describes the unsteady, swaying movement of someone who is intoxicated or dizzy.
Usage Examples
Adverb (Swaying motion):
- Sương mù la đà trên mặt sông. (The mist hangs low and quivers over the river surface.)
- Gió đưa cành trúc la đà. (The wind makes the bamboo branches sway unsteadily.)
Adverb (Staggering from intoxication):
- Anh ấy say rượu, bước đi la đà. (He was drunk, walking unsteadily.)
- Cà cuống uống rượu la đà. (The water bug drinks until it staggers.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "la đà" often carries a poetic or descriptive quality, frequently used in literature and folk poetry (ca dao) to paint a vivid image of gentle, melancholic movement.
Variants and Related Words
- Lảo đảo (adv/adj): To stagger, to totter. This is a more common synonym for the unsteady walking aspect of "la đà".
- Người bị thương đi lảo đảo. (The injured person walked staggeringly.)
Synonyms
- Swayingly: Moving slowly and rhythmically from side to side.
- Quiveringly: Shaking with a slight, rapid motion.
- Staggeringly: Walking or moving unsteadily, as if about to fall.
Related Idioms
- While "la đà" itself is often used in set poetic phrases, it is a key component in classic Vietnamese folk verses, such as , which evokes a timeless image of gentle, whispering movement.
adv. unsteadily, quiveringly