lèo xèo
Definition
Adjective:
- Sizzling: Describes the sharp, hissing sound produced when food, especially something containing fat or moisture, is fried or cooked in hot oil.
- Nagging / Bickering: Refers to persistent, annoying, and petty arguing, complaining, or chatter that is irritating to others.
Adverb:
- In a sizzling manner: In a way that produces a sizzling sound.
- In a nagging or bickering manner: In a persistently quarrelsome or fussy way.
Usage Examples
- Adjective (Sound):
- Tiếng lèo xèo từ chảo dầu. (The sizzling sound from the oil pan.)
- Adjective (Speech/Behavior):
- Cuộc tranh cãi lèo xèo giữa hai đứa trẻ. (The petty bickering between the two children.)
- Đừng có lèo xèo về chuyện nhỏ ấy nữa. (Stop nagging about that small matter.)
- Adverb:
- Thịt ba rọi chiên lên nghe lèo xèo. (The fried pork belly sizzles when cooked.)
Advanced Usage
- Used to describe an atmosphere of noisy, trivial dispute.
- Cả phòng họp lèo xèo với những ý kiến vụn vặt. (The whole meeting room was filled with bickering over trivial opinions.)
Variants and Related Words
- Lèo nhèo (adj): A close synonym emphasizing persistent, annoying whining or pestering.
- Đứa bé lèo nhèo đòi mua đồ chơi. (The child whined persistently to buy a toy.)
Synonyms
- Sizzle: To make a hissing sound like frying fat.
- Bicker: To argue about petty matters.
- Nag: To annoy by constant fault-finding or complaints.
- Hiss: To make a sharp, sustained sound.
Related Idioms
- Cãi nhau lèo xèo: To have a petty, noisy argument.
- Họ cãi nhau lèo xèo cả tiếng đồng hồ. (They bickered noisily for a whole hour.)