lùng nhùng
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Flaccid and wet; soft and waterlogged: Describes something that is soft, limp, and unpleasantly wet or saturated with moisture, often to the point of being mushy.
- Protracted and unresolved; dragging on: Describes a situation, affair, or matter that is prolonged, unresolved, and progresses slowly or inefficiently, often causing annoyance.
Usage Examples
- Adjective (Physical State):
- Cái nhọt bọc lùng nhùng. (The carbuncle is flaccid and wet.)
- Mấy quả cà chua bị dập đã lùng nhùng. (The crushed tomatoes have become soft and mushy.)
- Adjective (Situation):
- Việc lùng nhùng mãi không xong. (The affair drags on without being finished.)
- Công việc ấy lùng nhùng quá, không biết bao giờ mới giải quyết được. (That work is so protracted and messy; I don't know when it will be resolved.)
Advanced Usage
- Used to describe texture or state: Often implies a negative connotation of something being unpleasantly soft, soggy, or formless due to excess moisture.
- Bánh mì nhúng sữa lâu quá nên lùng nhùng. (The bread soaked in milk for too long became soggy.)
- Used to describe processes: Emphasizes inefficiency, lack of clear progress, or being entangled in complications.
- Vụ kiện lùng nhùng đã kéo dài nhiều năm. (The lawsuit, dragging on and complicated, has lasted for many years.)
Variants and Related Words
- Lùng bùng: A variant spelling/pronunciation with the same core meanings (flaccid/wet or protracted).
- Cái nhọt bọc lùng bùng. (The carbuncle is flaccid and wet.)
- Lằng nhằng: While similar in describing a protracted, complicated situation, "lằng nhằng" focuses more on being long-winded, convoluted, or argumentative rather than the physical state of being wet and soft.
Synonyms
- Ọp ẹp (adj): Limp, flabby (often for physical objects).
- Kéo dài (v): To prolong, to drag on (for situations).
- Rề rà (adj): Slow, dilatory, procrastinating.
Related Idioms
- Đầu voi đuôi chuột: (Lit: Elephant's head, mouse's tail) Describes something that starts impressively but ends poorly or fizzles out, which can relate to a "lùng nhùng" situation that never reaches a proper conclusion.
- Chuyện bé xé ra to: (Lit: Making a mountain out of a molehill) Can describe a situation that becomes unnecessarily complicated and "lùng nhùng".
- Flaccid and wet
- Cái nhọt bọc lùng bùngA flaccid and wet carbunle