lông lá
Definition
- Adjective:
- Hairy; shaggy; covered with hair or fur: Describes a person, animal, or body part that has a noticeable, often thick or abundant, growth of hair.
- Feathery; covered with feathers: Can describe birds or things resembling a covering of feathers.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Người đàn ông đó có đôi tay lông lá. (That man has hairy hands.)
- Con chó Bắc Cực có bộ lông lá dày để giữ ấm. (The Arctic dog has a thick, shaggy coat to keep warm.)
- Cánh chim lông lá. (The feathery wing of a bird.)
Advanced Usage
- Used to emphasize an untamed, wild, or unkempt physical appearance due to excessive hair.
- Sau nhiều tháng trong rừng, anh ta trở về với vẻ ngoài lông lá. (After many months in the forest, he returned with a shaggy, wild appearance.)
Variants and Related Words
Lông (n): hair, fur, feather. The singular/collective noun form.
- Lông mày (eyebrow), lông vũ (feather).
Lởm chởm (adj): jagged, bristly. Sometimes used in a similar context for rough, prickly surfaces, but not specifically for hair.
Synonyms
- Có nhiều lông: having a lot of hair.
- Rậm lông: thickly haired.
- Xù xì: rough, shaggy (can describe texture).
Related Idioms
- Lông lá ngược: Literally "hair standing on end"; used to describe a state of extreme fear or anger.
- Nghe tiếng động lạ, nó sợ đến nỗi lông lá ngược lên. (Hearing the strange noise, it was so scared its hair stood on end.)