lâng láo

Một đứa trẻ có thái độ lâng láo với người lớn.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Impudent, insolent, or brazen: Describes behavior, speech, or a look that shows a rude lack of respect, often with a sense of being shamelessly bold or cheeky.
   • Flippant or frivolous: Can describe an overly casual or disrespectfully light-hearted attitude towards something serious.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Thằng bé nhìn tôi với ánh mắt lâng láo. (The boy looked at me with an impudent expression.)
  • Nó trả lời một cách lâng láo khi bị cô giáo hỏi. (He answered in a brazen manner when the teacher asked him.)
  • Đừng có lâng láo với người lớn tuổi như vậy. (Don't be so insolent to your elders like that.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a strong negative connotation and is used to criticize someone's attitude, particularly of a younger person towards an elder or a subordinate towards a superior. It implies a crossing of social boundaries of respect.

Variants and Related Words

• Nhâng nháo (adj): A close synonym, also meaning impudent or insolent. "Lâng láo" is sometimes considered a variant of this word.
• Xấc xược (adj): rude, insolent, impudent.
• Hỗn xược (adj): insolent, impertinent.

Synonyms

• Impudent: Showing a lack of respect.
• Insolent: Exhibiting bold disrespect.
• Brazen: Shameless and bold.
• Cheeky: Impudent in a playful or irritating way.

Related Idioms

• While "lâng láo" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it describes the attitude found in phrases like:
  • Ăn nói lâng láo: to speak impudently.

    • Nó ăn nói lâng láo với hàng xóm. (He speaks impudently to the neighbors.)