lang thang

Thân thiện

Một chú mèo đang lang thang trong công viên.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To wander: To move around without a fixed purpose, plan, or destination. It implies a slow, idle, or aimless movement.
   • To roam: To travel over a wide area, often with a sense of freedom, but without a specific goal.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cậu bé lang thang trên những con phố. (The boy wandered the streets.)
  • Chúng tôi thích lang thang trong rừng vào cuối tuần. (We like to roam in the forest on weekends.)
  • Anh ấy lang thang khắp thành phố để tìm cảm hứng. (He wandered all over the city to find inspiration.)

Advanced Usage

• "lang thang vô định": to wander aimlessly.
  • Sau khi mất việc, anh ấy cứ lang thang vô định. (After losing his job, he just wandered aimlessly.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đi lang thang (v): to go wandering.
  • Bọn trẻ đi lang thang cả buổi chiều. (The children went wandering all afternoon.)

Synonyms

• Wander: To move about without a definite destination or purpose.
• Roam: To move or travel over a wide area without a specific plan.
• Drift: To be carried along by currents of air or water, or figuratively, to move aimlessly.

Related Idioms

• Lang thang đầu đường xó chợ: To wander the streets and market corners; to live a vagrant or homeless life.
  • Ông cụ sống cảnh lang thang đầu đường xó chợ. (The old man lived a life of wandering the streets and market corners.)

Học thuật

verb

1. to wander, to roam