lác đác
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Definition
Adjective:
- Scattered; sparse: Describes things or people that are few in number and spread out over an area, not close together.
- Sporadic; intermittent: Describes actions or events that happen occasionally and at irregular intervals.
Adverb:
- Sparsely; here and there: Used to describe how something occurs or is distributed in a scattered manner.
- In drips and drops; one by one: Used to describe something falling or appearing slowly and individually.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Dân cư lác đác. (The population is sparse.)
- Có những phản ứng lác đác. (There were sporadic reactions.)
- Adverb:
- Mưa rơi lác đác xuống đường. (The rain fell sparsely on the street.)
- Lá rụng lác đác. (Leaves fell one by one.)
Advanced Usage
- "lác đác vài...": a scattered few...
- Trên đồi lác đác vài cây thông. (On the hill, there are a scattered few pine trees.)
Variants and Related Words
- Thưa thớt (adj): sparse, thinly scattered. This is a close synonym, often used interchangeably with .
- Ngôi làng thưa thớt bóng người. (The village was sparse with people.)
Synonyms
- Scattered
- Sparse
- Sporadic
- Intermittent
Related Idioms
- Lác đác như sao buổi sớm: (As sparse as stars at dawn) – A poetic way to describe something very scarce or thinly distributed.
- Những ngôi nhà lác đác như sao buổi sớm. (The houses were as sparse as stars at dawn.)
adj
- scattered; spattered
- mưa rơi lác đác xuống đườngThe rain spattered down on streets