Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Loose (tooth): The primary meaning of "long" describes a tooth that has become loose in its socket, typically due to gum disease, injury, or age.
   • Loose / Unstable / Disjointed: It can describe other objects or structures that have become loose, wobbly, or disconnected from their proper place or from each other.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cháu bé bị long một cái răng sữa. (The child has a loose baby tooth.)
  • Bậc cầu thang bị long, cần sửa ngay. (The stair step is loose and needs immediate repair.)
  • Các bộ phận của máy móc đã long ra sau nhiều năm sử dụng. (The parts of the machinery have become loose after many years of use.)

Advanced Usage

• "long trời lở đất": An idiom meaning "earth-shattering" or "world-shaking," used to describe an event of immense, disruptive scale.
  • Đó là một sự kiện long trời lở đất trong lịch sử. (That was an earth-shattering event in history.)
• "tóc bạc răng long": A set phrase meaning "silver hair and loose teeth," used to describe someone who is very old.
  • Cụ đã đến tuổi tóc bạc răng long. (The elder has reached the age of silver hair and loose teeth.)

Variants and Related Words

• Long ra (v): To become loose, to come apart, to dislodge.
  • Chiếc đinh bắt đầu long ra khỏi tường. (The nail began to come loose from the wall.)
• Lỏng lẻo (adj): Loose, slack, not tight or secure (often used for connections, rules, or discipline).
  • Mối liên kết giữa hai bộ phận này khá lỏng lẻo. (The connection between these two parts is quite loose.)

Synonyms

• Loose: Not firmly or tightly fixed in place.
• Wobbly: Tending to move unsteadily from side to side.
• Unstable: Not firmly fixed and likely to give way.

Related Idioms

• Long tóc gáy: Literally "loose hair on the nape," describing someone with disheveled hair, often from running or being in a frantic state.
  • Cô ấy chạy đến, long tóc gáy vì hoảng sợ. (She ran over, her hair disheveled from fear.)

adj

1. loose
   • răng long
     loose tooth