lù đù

Một chú rùa lù đù bò qua con đường mòn.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Slow and sluggish: Describes a person who moves or acts with a lack of speed, energy, or alertness.
   • Clumsy and lethargic: Indicates a physical or mental dullness, resulting in unhurried and often inefficient movement or action.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ta làm việc gì cũng lù đù. (He is slow and sluggish in everything he does.)
  • Đừng có lù đù thế, nhanh lên nào! (Don't be so slow and clumsy, hurry up!)
  • Tính nó lù đù lắm, cứ như người thiếu ngủ. (He has a very sluggish temperament, like someone who is sleep-deprived.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "lù đù" often carries a mildly critical or disapproving tone, implying frustration with the person's pace or demeanor. It is more colloquial than formal.

Variants and Related Words

• Lề mề (adj): dilatory, tardy, slow in a way that causes delay.
  • Cô ấy hay lề mề mỗi sáng. (She is often slow and tardy every morning.)
• Chậm chạp (adj): slow, sluggish (a more general and neutral term).
  • Tiến độ công việc rất chậm chạp. (The work progress is very slow.)

Synonyms

• Sluggish: slow-moving or inactive.
• Lethargic: lacking energy or enthusiasm.
• Clumsy: awkward in movement or action.

Related Idioms

• Lù đù như gấu: as clumsy as a bear. This idiom emphasizes extreme clumsiness or slowness.
  • Nó cứ lù đù như gấu vậy. (He's just as clumsy as a bear.)