lác mắt
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Cross-eyed; having strabismus: Refers to a medical condition where the eyes are misaligned and do not look in the same direction.
- (Slang) Amazed, astonished, filled with admiration: Used colloquially to express being extremely surprised, impressed, or in awe of something or someone.
Usage Examples
Adjective (Medical condition):
- Đứa trẻ bị lác mắt từ nhỏ. (The child has been cross-eyed since childhood.)
- Anh ấy phải phẫu thuật để chữa chứng lác mắt. (He had to have surgery to correct his strabismus.)
Adjective (Slang - Amazed):
- Màn trình diễn của anh ấy khiến khán giả lác mắt. (His performance left the audience amazed.)
- Thấy căn biệt thự đó, ai cũng phải lác mắt. (Seeing that villa, everyone was astonished.)
Advanced Usage
"phải lác mắt": must be amazed; cannot help but be impressed.
- Tài năng của cậu ấy khiến ngay cả chuyên gia cũng phải lác mắt. (His talent makes even experts be amazed.)
"đến lác mắt": to the point of being amazed; incredibly.
- Bộ sưuập đồng hồ của ông ấy đẹp đến lác mắt. (His watch collection is incredibly beautiful.)
Variants and Related Words
Lác (adj): The shorter, more common form meaning "cross-eyed" or, in slang, "amazed." "Lác mắt" is a fuller form.
- Nó nhìn lác một bên. (He looks cross-eyed to one side.)
- Giá cả ở đây làm tôi lác. (The prices here amaze me.)
Chứng lác (n): Strabismus (the medical condition).
- Bác sĩ chẩn đoán cháu bị chứng lác. (The doctor diagnosed the child with strabismus.)
Synonyms
- Lé (adj): Specifically means having one eye that turns inward or outward (walleyed or cross-eyed). It is often used interchangeably with "lác" for the medical condition but less commonly in the slang sense of "amazed."
- Thán phục (v): To admire, to be full of admiration. (Closest synonym for the slang meaning).
- Kinh ngạc (adj): Astonished, astounded.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- (Không có a specific phrasal verb, but the phrase itself is idiomatic in the slang sense): The slang usage of "lác mắt" is itself an idiomatic expression meaning to be wide-eyed with surprise or admiration.
- Trước sự giàu có của họ, tôi chỉ biết lác mắt. (Faced with their wealth, I could only be astonished.)
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