lũ
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Definition
- Noun:
- A gang, band, or crowd (often with a negative connotation): "lũ" refers to a group or multitude of people, typically implying a disorderly, troublesome, or contemptible group.
- A flood, freshet, spate: "lũ" refers to a large, sudden, and often destructive influx of water, usually from heavy rain or overflowing rivers.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Group):
- Cả lũ trẻ con chạy ra sân. (The whole crowd of children ran out to the yard.)
- Lũ cướp đã bị bắt. (The gang of robbers was caught.)
- Noun (Flood):
- Nước lũ dâng cao rất nhanh. (The floodwaters rose very quickly.)
- Mùa lũ thường bắt đầu vào tháng Tám. (The flood season usually starts in August.)
Advanced Usage
- "cả lũ" / "một lũ": Emphasizes the entirety or the collective nature of the group, often with a pejorative tone.
- Cả lũ chúng nó đều đồng lõa. (The whole gang of them were all accomplices.)
- Một lũ người ồn ào. (A noisy crowd of people.)
- Used metaphorically to describe a large, overwhelming quantity of non-living things.
- Một lũ thiên tai ập đến. (A spate of natural disasters struck.)
Variants and Related Words
- Lũ lụt (n): A compound noun specifically meaning "flood disaster" or "inundation."
- Lũ lụt gây thiệt hại nặng nề. (The flood disaster caused severe damage.)
- Lũ lượt (adv): In crowds, in droves, streaming continuously.
- Người dân lũ lượt sơ tán. (The people evacuated in droves.)
Synonyms
- Bọn, đám (n): Gang, group (similar negative connotation for people).
- Bầy (n): Flock, herd, pack (used for animals, sometimes metaphorically for people with a very negative tone).
- Trận lụt, cơn lũ (n): Flood, freshet (for the water phenomenon).
Related Phrases
- Nước lũ: Floodwater.
- Đường ngập trong nước lũ. (The road is submerged in floodwater.)
- Mưa lũ: Torrential rain causing floods.
- Trời đổ mưa lũ. (The sky poured down torrential rain.)
Related Idioms
- Lũ chim vỡ tổ: Literally "a flock of birds with a destroyed nest," used to describe a panicked, scattered group of people.
- Sau vụ nổ, mọi người chạy toán loạn như lũ chim vỡ tổ. (After the explosion, people ran helter-skelter like a flock of birds with a destroyed nest.)
noun
- spate; freshet
- lũ lượtin crowds