lăng líu
Definition
- Adjective:
- Tangled up / Entangled: Describes a state of being intricately and messily involved in something, often leading to complications or inconvenience. It implies a situation that is not simple to resolve.
- Bogged down / Mired: Suggests being stuck or deeply involved in a troublesome, burdensome, or tedious matter, such as debt or complex affairs.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Anh ấy đang lăng líu với nhiều khoản nợ. (He is entangled in many debts.)
- Công việc lăng líu khiến cô ấy không có thời gian rảnh. (The bogged-down work leaves her with no free time.)
- Đừng để bản thân lăng líu vào những chuyện phiền phức. (Don't get yourself tangled up in troublesome matters.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "lăng líu" often carries a negative connotation, describing situations that are unnecessarily complicated, burdensome, or sticky. It is frequently used in the context of financial troubles, bureaucratic red tape, or convoluted personal affairs.
Variants and Related Words
- Vướng víu (adj): to be obstructed, entangled, or hindered. It shares a similar sense of complication but can be slightly more physical.
- Lôi thôi (adj): troublesome, messy, or tedious. It emphasizes the annoying and inconvenient aspects of a situation.
Synonyms
- Entangled: twisted together or involved in a complicated way.
- Mired: stuck in a difficult situation.
- Bogged down: hindered or made slow by something tedious.
Related Idioms
- While "lăng líu" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is conceptually related to phrases describing complicated involvement:
- Ngập đầu trong nợ nần: up to one's neck in debt (a stronger expression for being deeply entangled in debt).