liền

Thân thiện

Anh ấy làm bài tập liền sau khi về nhà.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Continuous; successive; adjoining: Refers to things that are unbroken in sequence or physically connected without interruption or gap.
   • Healed (of a wound): Describes skin or flesh that has closed and healed over after an injury.

2. Adverb:

   • Immediately; at once; right away: Indicates an action that follows another without any delay.
   • In a row; consecutively: Indicates actions or events happening one after another without interruption.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Hai căn nhà này liền nhau. (These two houses are adjoining.)
  • Anh ấy làm việc ba ngày liền. (He worked for three days straight.)
  • Vết thương đã liền lại. (The wound has healed over.)

• Adverb:

  • Cô ấy nghe tin và khóc liền. (She heard the news and cried immediately.)
  • Đội bóng thua hai trận liền. (The soccer team lost two games in a row.)

Advanced Usage

• "liền tù tì": An adverbial phrase meaning "continuously; without a break," often used in casual speech.

  • Họ họp liền tù tì năm tiếng đồng hồ. (They met continuously for five hours.)

• "liền mạch": An adjective meaning "coherent; seamless," describing something smooth and uninterrupted.

  • Bài văn viết rất liền mạch. (The essay is very coherent.)

Variants and Related Words

• Liền kề (adj): Adjacent; next to (often used for land or buildings).

  • Khu đất liền kề công viên. (The plot of land adjacent to the park.)

• Liền tay (adv): Without stopping; in one go (often for manual work).

  • Cô ấy may xong chiếc áo liền tay. (She sewed the shirt without stopping.)

Synonyms

• Adjective: Continuous, adjoining, consecutive, healed.
• Adverb: Immediately, instantly, consecutively, successively.

Related Idioms

• Liền anh liền chị: A phrase referring to close, harmonious pairs, often used in traditional Quan họ folk singing to describe male and female singers.

  • Họ là cặp liền anh liền chị nổi tiếng. (They are a famous pair of Quan họ singers.)

• Chó liền da, gà liền xương: A proverb meaning "As close as dog's skin or chicken's bones," used to describe an inseparable, intimate relationship.

  • Hai đứa trẻ thân nhau như chó liền da, gà liền xương. (The two children are as close as dog's skin and chicken's bones.)

Học thuật

verb

1. (of wound) to heal; to skin over

adj

1. continuous; successive
   • năm ngày liền
     five days running at once; immediately; directly
   • nói xong là đi liền
     to leave immediatly after speaking