làm rối
Definition
- Verb:
- To disturb / to disrupt: To cause a state of disorder, confusion, or lack of calm, often by introducing noise or chaotic activity.
- To mess up / to tangle: To physically disarrange or entangle something, making it untidy or complicated.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Đám trẻ con làm rối cả căn phòng. (The children messed up the whole room.)
- Xin đừng làm rối cuộc họp. (Please do not disrupt the meeting.)
- Gió làm rối tóc cô ấy. (The wind tangled her hair.)
Advanced Usage
"làm rối tình hình": to complicate/sabotage the situation.
- Thông tin sai lệch có thể làm rối tình hình. (Misinformation can sabotage the situation.)
"làm rối trí": to confuse someone's mind, to befuddle.
- Những câu đố đó làm rối trí tôi. (Those puzzles confuse my mind.)
Variants and Related Words
Rối (adj): tangled, messy, disordered.
- Sợi chỉ bị rối. (The thread is tangled.)
Rối rắm (adj): complicated, intricate.
- Vấn đề trở nên rối rắm. (The problem became complicated.)
Synonyms
- Disrupt: to interrupt the normal course of something.
- Disorder: to throw into a state of confusion.
- Tangle: to twist together into a confused mass.
Related Idioms
- Làm rối tung lên: to cause a huge mess or uproar.
- Vụ việc đã làm rối tung lên mọi kế hoạch. (The incident threw all plans into complete disarray.)